Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Canary Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Canary Peach peach, painted 1882

Canary 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 Arkansas, Sebastian, Fort Smith, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCanary
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b.
Specimen originArkansas, Sebastian, Fort Smith
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005208.

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