THE BALDWIN APPLE. 



SYNONYMS. 



Wood Pecker, ^ 



Red Baldwin, > Lend. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



Butters, . . . j 



Pecker, Downing's Fruits of America. 



CHARACTERS. 



Form. — Round, rather tapering towards the calyx. 



C.4LYX. — Closed, depression rather deep and narrow, and surrounded by slight protu- 

 berances. 



Stem. — About three-fourths of an inch long, slender, in a moderately deep depres- 

 sion. 



Color. — Dull crimson ; dark on the sunny-side, with shades of yellow and orange ; 

 streaks of russet near the stem, with a few russet spots. 



Skin. — Smooth. 



Flesh. — Yellowish white, crisp, tender. 



FL.4.V0R. — High, of a rich saccharine and subacid mixture. 



Maturity and Use. — From November to January ; keeps well until June. — Fine for 

 Dessert and Cooking. 



Size. — Diameter from calyx to stem 2)4 to 2^ inches. 

 Do. across 3 to 3^ do. 



Wood. — Of second year, brown with a slight reddish tinge ; spotted ; surface rather 

 silvery grey. 



Leaf. — Thick, broadly flat ovate, abruptly acuminate, biserrate, serratures numerous, 

 stipules moderate size linear. 



Bud and Blossom. 



HISTORY AND CULTIVATION. 



In the Magazine of Horticulture, vol. I., page 361, is a communication 

 dated September 8, 1835, from Mr. Rufus Kittredge, stating that the 

 original Baldwin apple tree grew on the farm of his grandfather, situated 

 three miles south east of Lowell, from which tree Colonel Baldwin, of 

 Woburn, obtained his scions. 



B. V. French, Esq., Vice President of the Massachusetts Horticultural 



