Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Wonderful Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Wonderful Peach peach, painted 1882

Wonderful 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 Virginia, Arlington, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarWonderful
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b.
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005835.

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