Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Thurber Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Thurber Peach peach, painted 1860–1873

Thurber Peach is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 3 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Arlington; Georgia, Hancock, Mayfield, painted by Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira, Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarThurber
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1860–1873
Artist(s)Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira, Shull, James Marion
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington; Georgia, Hancock, Mayfield
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005566, POM00005567, POM00005568.

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