Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 10/11/17

In his final field day as North Carolina State University’s peanut breeder, Tom Isleib announced the release of Bailey II, a high-oleic version of the highly popular Bailey variety that was released in 2008.“Bailey II is a high-oleic, large-seeded Virginia-type peanut cultivar selected from a series of backcrosses to the Bailey cultivar. It was made in a conventional breeding program at North Carolina State University."

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