Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Mathews Beauty Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Mathews Beauty Peach peach, painted 1840–1872

Mathews 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 Virginia, Arlington; Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta, painted by Shull, James Marion, Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarMathews Beauty
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1840–1872
Artist(s)Shull, James Marion, Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington; Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005647, POM00005648.

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