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Niagara Grape

Historical USDA watercolour of the Niagara Grape grape, painted 1860

Niagara is an American grape introduced in New York in 1868. Pale green-white with a slip skin and the sweet, musky labrusca aroma, it became the leading white American table and juice grape of its era.

CultivarNiagara
SpeciesVitis
Common fruitGrape
Painted1860
Artist(s)Newton, Amanda Almira
Specimen originNew Jersey, Cumberland, Vineland
CollectionUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Plates3

All 3 plates

Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00006284, POM00006285, POM00006286.

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