176 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



BAILEY. 



(Lincecumii. Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. Rural iV. Y., 50:221, 222. 1S91. fig. 2. Bush. Cat.. 1894:159. 3. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 14; 

 270. iSq;. 4. -V. Y.Sta. An. Rpt.. 17:526, 548, 553. 1898. 5. Tex. Sta. BuL. 48:1 j.ig, 1153. 1898. 

 fig. 6. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat.. 1899:29. 7. Tex. Sta. Bui., 56:275. igoo. 8. Rural X. Y., 60:614. 

 1 90 1. 



In the Bailey are combined characters of three species, Vinifera, 

 Labrusca and Lincecumii — characters attained in three widely separated 

 regions, Europe, Massachusetts, and Texas. Moreover the characters of 

 Vinifera and Labrusca have been transmitted to Bailey through Tri- 

 umph, in which variety they are as well combined as in any other hylirid 

 of the two species. The Lincecumii parent, Big Berry, is at the head of 

 Munson's " Big Berry Family " of hybrids: lirought in from the wild, it 

 is one of the best representatives of its species. Bailey, therefore, has 

 roval blood and if parentage counts in grapes, it should prove valuable. 

 Unfortunately New York, at least the Station vineyard, is a little too 

 far north for the fruit to mature well. In cold winters the vine is liable 

 to winter injur}-. In seasons when the grapes have matured the appear- 

 ance and quality of the fruit have been such as to recommend it. Its 

 vigor of vine and productiveness give it additional value, and if not to 

 be recommended for commercial plantings in this State, it can surely be 

 named as valuable for lireeding purposes. The name of tlie variety was 

 bestowed upon it bv its originator in honor of L. H. Bailey, known by all 

 grape-growers for his services to viticulture. 



Bailey was originated by Munson from seeds of a wild Post-oak grape 

 called Big Berry, fertilized with pollen of Triumph. The seed was planted 

 in 1887 and the original vine came into fruiting in 1889-90. The variety 

 is now very generallv disseminated throughout the East, and the reports of 

 its behavior, in the North at least, generally accord with that from this 

 Station given above. 



Vine vijjorous, injured in severe winters, produces good crops of fniit. Canes dark 

 reddish-brown, of good length, of medium size and number. Leaves average in size, 

 light green, dull to slightly glossy, with very distinct veins on lower surface which is cob- 

 webby. Flowers open late, fertile; upright stamens. 



Fruit ripens unevenly almost as late as Catawba, keeps well. Clusters rather large and 



