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Bailey Grape

Historical USDA watercolour of the Bailey Grape grape, painted 1872

Bailey Grape 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, painted by Shull, James Marion. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.

CultivarBailey
SpeciesVitis
Common fruitGrape
Painted1872
Artist(s)Shull, James Marion
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates1

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate id: POM00006183.

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