Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Paloro x Foster Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Paloro x Foster Peach peach, painted 1873

Paloro x Foster 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.

CultivarPaloro x Foster
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: POM00005755.

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