Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Number 11 Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Number 11 Peach peach, painted 1873

Number 11 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, painted by Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher). The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarNumber 11
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Krieger, L.C.C. (Louis Charles Christopher)
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005730.

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