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to show no advantage over the smooth-skinned Baldwins, they are seldom 

 propagated. 



Gray Baldwin, Blue Baldwin, Black Baldwin and Dark Baldwin are indefi- 

 nite terms sometimes applied to what appears to be a distinct type of the 

 Baldwin. Scattering trees of it are occasionally found mingled in 

 orchards with Baldwins of the ordinary type. The Dark Baldwin as com- 

 pared with the common type has fruit that is slower in maturing on the 

 tree, and keeps longer. The flesh has more of a greenish tinge and is 

 firmer. The skin also shows dull green where the common type is 

 yellow, and the red is dull and darker than the red of the common Bald- 

 win. So far as we know the Dark Baldwin is not being intentionally 

 propagated. 



In speaking of the Dark Baldwin as a distinct type the fact is here 

 recognized that the ordinary Baldwin when grown on sandy or gravelly 

 soil generally gives brighter colored fruit than when grown on heavy clay 

 soil. But the above-mentioned occurrence of a type called Dark Baldwin, 

 mingled as it sometimes is in orchards with Baldwins of the common 

 type, does not seem to be satisfactorily accounted for by attributing its 

 apearance to a difference in soil. It is more probable that a distinct 

 strain has arisen and been disseminated unwittingly in place of the 

 common type. 



Olympia is a sport of the Baldwin which differs from the type in having 

 larger and better colored fruit. It is described under " Olympia." 



BANANA SWEET. 



REFERENCES, i. Rural N. Y., 1885:278. fig. z. Hexamer, Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1895:69. 



This is a sweet winter apple, attractive in appearance. Color greenish-yellow, 

 highly colored specimens are blushed. Season January to March in New 

 Jersey. So far as we know it has not been fruited in New York. This should 

 not be confused with the Winter Banana introduced by Greening Brothers of 

 Monroe, Michigan, in 1890, which is not a sweet apple. 



Historical. Banana originated as a chance seedling with C. E. Blackwell, 

 Titusville, N. J., about 1867. 



TREE. 



Tree spreading, upright, vigorous, rather dense. Twigs rather slender; 

 internodes short. Bark reddish-brown. Buds not prominent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large. Form roundish conical, sometimes one-sided. Stem medium 

 to large, long, slender. Cavity rather small, moderately deep, often with out- 

 spreading, irregularly broken, russet patches. Calyx rather small, closed. 

 Basin small to medium, somewhat irregularly corrugated, rather deep. 



Skin greenish-yellow with a pale blush on the exposed side. Dots minute, 

 scattering. Prevailing effect yellow. 



Calyx tube conical, approaching funnel-form. 



Core medium sixe, axile. Carpels roundish. Seeds medium size, obtuse. 



Flesh white, fine-graired, tender, juicy, sweet, good. 



Season, January to March or April. 



