Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Number 9 Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Number 9 Peach peach, painted 1873

Number 9 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 Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarNumber 9
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005728.

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