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Conkleton Pear

Historical USDA watercolour of the Conkleton Pear pear, painted 1840

Conkleton Pear 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 North Carolina, Guilford, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarConkleton
SpeciesPyrus communis
Common fruitPear
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originNorth Carolina, Guilford
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00006941.

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