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Mammoth Strawberry Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Mammoth Strawberry Peach peach, painted 1840

Mammoth Strawberry 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 California, Los Angeles, Pasadena, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarMammoth Strawberry
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originCalifornia, Los Angeles, Pasadena
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005635.

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