Pears · USDA pomological watercolour
Liegel Pear
Liegel is a heritage pear cultivar that originated in Malines, Belgium (1788). The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with a watercolour study (1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Liegel |
|---|---|
| Species | Pyrus communis |
| Common fruit | Pear |
| Painted | 1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy |
| Specimen origin | New York, Ontario, Geneva |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 1 |
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00007119.
