Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Crothers Late Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Crothers Late Peach peach, painted 1873–1882

Crothers Late 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, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy, Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarCrothers Late
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873–1882
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy, Lower, Elsie E. b.
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005309, POM00005310.

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