Catherine Hayes Bailey (May 9, 1921 – March 29, 2014) was an American plant geneticist known for developing new varieties of fruit.
Bailey was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey; her father was superintendent for the Rutgers Vegetable Farm.
She worked with Rutgers horticulturist Maurice Blake, and ran his stone-fruit growing program until 1948.
D. program at Rutgers University, and graduated in 1957 with a dissertation on aspects of growing peach cultivars.
[2] After finishing her doctorate, Bailey stayed on at Rutgers as a professor, a position she held until her retirement in 1980.