Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour
Mountain Rose Peach
Mountain Rose is an American heirloom peach, a freestone with white skin washed in rose-red and tender, juicy, white flesh of fine sweet flavour. It was grown for the home orchard and local market in the period the USDA artists documented.
| Cultivar | Mountain Rose |
|---|---|
| Species | Prunus persica |
| Common fruit | Peach |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher), Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Prince Georges, Beltsville; Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005688, POM00005689, POM00005690, POM00005691.
