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Reeds Golden Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Reeds Golden Peach peach, painted 1840

Reeds Golden 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 Delaware, Sussex, Seaford, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarReeds Golden
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originDelaware, Sussex, Seaford
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005426.

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