Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Dripstone Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Dripstone Peach peach, painted 1872

Dripstone Peach is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 4 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, painted by Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarDripstone
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1872
Artist(s)Shull, James Marion
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates4

All 4 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005343, POM00005344, POM00005345, POM00005346.

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