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Hancock Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Hancock Peach peach, painted 1860

Hancock 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 Georgia, Richmond, Augusta, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarHancock
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originGeorgia, Richmond, Augusta
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005452.

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