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Jones Pear

Historical USDA watercolour of the Jones Pear pear, painted 1873

Jones Pear 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 New York, Monroe, Rochester; New York, Ontario, Geneva, painted by Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarJones
SpeciesPyrus communis
Common fruitPear
Painted1873
Artist(s)Heiges, Bertha, Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originNew York, Monroe, Rochester; New York, Ontario, Geneva
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00007034, POM00007035.

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