Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Phillips Cling Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Phillips Cling Peach peach, painted 1873

Phillips Cling Peach is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 2 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from California, Butte, Chico; California, Sutter, Yuba City, painted by Thompson, Harriet L., Arnold, Mary Daisy. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarPhillips Cling
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1873
Artist(s)Thompson, Harriet L., Arnold, Mary Daisy
Specimen originCalifornia, Butte, Chico; California, Sutter, Yuba City
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005142, POM00005143.

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