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Improved Muir Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Improved Muir Peach peach, painted 1875

Improved Muir Peach is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. A watercolour study of it survives in the collection, with specimens recorded from California, Sonoma, Sebastopol, painted by Steadman, Royal Charles b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarImproved Muir
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1875
Artist(s)Steadman, Royal Charles b.
Specimen originCalifornia, Sonoma, Sebastopol
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005480.

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