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Lippiatts Late Orange Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Lippiatts Late Orange Peach peach, painted 1873

Lippiatts Late Orange 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, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarLippiatts Late Orange
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005886.

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