Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Columbia Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Columbia Peach peach, painted 1873

Columbia Peach 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 Virginia, Arlington; Michigan, Van Buren, South Haven, painted by Schutt, Ellen Isham, Heiges, Bertha. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarColumbia
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Schutt, Ellen Isham, Heiges, Bertha
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington; Michigan, Van Buren, South Haven
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005295, POM00005296.

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