Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour

Wager Peach

Historical USDA watercolour of the Wager Peach peach, painted 1860–1882

Wager 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 Virginia, Arlington, painted by Lower, Elsie E. b., Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarWager
SpeciesPrunus persica
Common fruitPeach
Painted1860–1882
Artist(s)Lower, Elsie E. b., Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originVirginia, Arlington
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates2

All 2 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005603, POM00005604.

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