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President Gilbert Pear

Historical USDA watercolour of the President Gilbert Pear pear, painted 1840

President Gilbert 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 New York, Monroe, Rochester, painted by Passmore, Deborah Griscom. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarPresident Gilbert
SpeciesPyrus communis
Common fruitPear
Painted1840
Artist(s)Passmore, Deborah Griscom
Specimen originNew York, Monroe, Rochester
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00007057.

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