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Hawaii Pear

Historical USDA watercolour of the Hawaii Pear pear, painted 1860

Hawaii 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 Texas, Kendall, Boerne, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarHawaii
SpeciesPyrus communis
Common fruitPear
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originTexas, Kendall, Boerne
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00007022.

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