Pears · USDA pomological watercolour
Kieffer Cross Pear
Kieffer Cross Pear is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 15 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from Virginia, Arlington, painted by Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Kieffer Cross |
|---|---|
| Species | Pyrus communis |
| Common fruit | Pear |
| Painted | 1872 |
| Artist(s) | Shull, James Marion |
| Specimen origin | Virginia, Arlington |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 15 |
Plates (showing 12 of 15)
View all 15 plates on Wikimedia Commons →
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00006844, POM00006852, POM00006853, POM00007093, POM00007094, POM00007095, POM00007097, POM00007098, POM00007099, POM00007100, POM00007101, POM00007102, POM00007103, POM00007293, POM00007303.
