1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



27 



BALDWIN. 



Origin: The Baldwin originated in the State of Ma.ssachusetts and has been for many 

 years the most popular winter apple for either home or foreign markets. The average 



yield from full grown' trees each 

 alternate year is about eight barrels 

 per tree, and in .some instances 

 much larger. Large orchards of 

 this variety have been planted in 

 the apple growing counties of mid- 

 dle and southern Ontario, where 

 for lack of other varieties to fertil- 

 ize the blossoms, and owing, to the 

 prevalence of apple scab, they have 

 proved unproductive. 



Tree : not hardy outside the 

 best fruit districts; upright, spread- 

 ing, vigorous grower, usually very 

 productive. 



Baldwin. 



Fruit : large, roundish, ovate; 

 skin yellow, shaded and splash- 

 ed with crimson and red, spot- 

 ted with some russet dots ; stem 

 heavy, three-quarters of an inch 

 long, in a broad cavity ; calyx 

 closed, in a deep plaited basin. 



Flesh : yellowish white ; 

 tender, juicy ; flavor subacidi 

 sprightly, aromatic. 



Qqality 

 ing good. 



dessert fair ; cook- 



Value : market first class, es- 

 pecially for export. 



Season : November to March. 



Adaptation : adapted only to 

 the best apple districts, where 

 it is one of the most profitable 

 varieties. 



Section of Baldwin. 



