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Sports of Late White Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Sports of Late White Peach peach, painted 1873

Sports of Late White 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 Illinois, Adams, Quincy, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarSports of Late White
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham
Specimen originIllinois, Adams, Quincy
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005793.

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