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Baldwin.* Rather large, roundish, with more or less of a rounded 

 taper towards the apex ; shaded and striped with yellowish red 

 and crimson on yellow ground ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, 

 rather slender, calyx in a narrow, slightly plaited basin ; flesh yel- 

 lowish white, with a rich, sub-acid flavor. Young tree vigorous, 

 upright, shoots dark brown, diverging and ascending. Fig. 380. 

 Very productive. Ripens through winter. A first-rate winter apple 

 in New England, New York, and Michigan ; mostly unsuccessful 

 at the West and South. Too tender, and mostly fails as far 

 north as Maine, unless grafted standard height. Massachusetts. 

 The Baldwin is liable to vary in character ; the Late Baldwin ap- 

 pears to be identical, but modified by external causes. 



Ben Davis. (New York Pippin, Kentucky Streak, Carolina Red 

 Streak, Victoria Red.) Large, roundish-ovate, slightly oblique, 

 regular, smooth, striped red on yellow ; stalk long, deep set ; basin 

 deep, wrinkled ; flesh whitish, tender, with a mild, good, but not 

 rich, sub-acid flavor. Fig. 409. Succeeds well at the West, where 

 it proves one of the most profitable winter apples for market ; does 

 not mature well at the extreme North. An early and abundant 

 bearer. The leading commercial variety of America to-day. 

 Kentucky. 



FIG. 409. Ben Davis. FIG. 410. Dutch Mignonne. 



FiG. 411. Prior's Red. FlG. 41*. Dominie. FIG. 413 Baldwin. 



Bethlehemite. Medium, roundish-oblate, remotely conical ; striped 

 red on yellow ; stalk short, deeply set ; basin deep ; furrowed ; 

 flesh yellowish white, tender, with a mild, sub-acid, very agreeable 

 flavor. Ripens through winter. Growth strong, upright. Ohio. 



Black Gilliflower. Rather large, oblong-ovate, long conical, regu- 

 lar, obscurely ribbed ; surface dark, dull, reddish purple, inclining 

 to greenish yellow where densely shaded ; cavity very narrow, 

 acuminate ; basin very small, ribbed ; flesh greenish white, with a 

 rich, good, slightly sub-acid flavor, becoming dry when ripe. 

 Keeps through winter and late into spring. Shoots dark, rathe'- 

 crooked, fruit always fair ; very productive. Rejected by most cul- 

 tivators on account of its very dry flesh, but a good baking variety. 

 Totally distinct from the Red or Cornish Gilliflower. 



