THE APPLE. 



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Baldwin. 



Woodpecker. Pecker. Steele's Ked Winter. 



Felch ? Red Baldwin. Butters. 



The Baldwin stands at the head of all New England Apples, and is 

 unquestionably a first-rate fruit in all respects. It is a native of Massa- 

 chusetts, and is more largely cultivated for the Boston market than any 

 other sort. It bears most abundantly with us, and we have had the 

 satisfaction of raising larger, more beautiful, and highly flavored speci- 

 mens here than we ever saw in its native region. The Baldwin in flavor 

 and general characteristics evidently belongs to the same family as our 

 Esopus Spitzenberg, and deserves its extensive popularity. 



Tree vigorous, upright spreading, productive. Young shoots dull 

 reddish brown. 



Fruit large, roundish, and narrowing a little to the eye. Color yellow 

 in the shade, but nearly covered and striped with crimson, red, and 

 orange in the sun, dotted with a few russet dots, and with radiating 

 streaks of russet about the stalk. Calyx closed, and set in a rather narrow 

 plaited basia. Stalk half to three-fourths of an inch long, rather slender 

 for so large a fruit, planted in an even, moderately deep cavity. Flesh 



Baldwin. 



yellowish white, crisp, with that agreeable mingling of the saccharine and 

 acid which constitutes a rich, high flavor. Yery good. The tree is a 

 vigorous upright grower, and bears most abundantly. Ripe from No- 

 vember to March, but with us is in perfection in January.* 



* The Baldwin, like nearly all other varieties of winter fruits, originated in the 

 Northern and Eastern States j when grown in Southern latitudes they become 



