Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Highland Beauty Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Highland Beauty Peach peach, painted 1873

Highland Beauty Peach is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Michigan, Barry, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarHighland Beauty
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originMichigan, Barry
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005466, POM00005467.

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