Pears · USDA pomological watercolour
Ovid Pear
Ovid 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, Ontario, Geneva, painted by Shull, James Marion, Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Ovid |
|---|---|
| Species | Pyrus communis |
| Common fruit | Pear |
| Painted | 1872–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion, Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00007045, POM00007203.
