Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Pears · USDA pomological watercolour

Snyder Pear

Historical USDA watercolour of the Snyder Pear pear, painted 1840

Snyder 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 Illinois, Logan, Mount Pulaski, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarSnyder
SpeciesPyrus communis
Common fruitPear
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originIllinois, Logan, Mount Pulaski
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00006680, POM00007065.

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