Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Sunflower Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Sunflower Peach peach, painted 1873

Sunflower 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 Kansas, Douglas, Lawrence, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarSunflower
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originKansas, Douglas, Lawrence
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005550.

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