Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Reader Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Reader Peach peach, painted 1860

Reader 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, with specimens recorded from Arkansas, Sebastian, Hackett, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarReader
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originArkansas, Sebastian, Hackett
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00005421.

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