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THE APPLE. 



Baldwin Sweet. 



Fruit rather large, roundish, yellow, striped and shaded with red. 

 Flesh yellow, rather compact, sweet and good. Productive. October, 

 January. 



Baltimore. 



Cable's Gilliflower. Baltimore Pippin, Royal Pippio 



Origin unknown. Tree healthy, hardy, moderately vigorous, making a 

 round head that when loaded with fruit appears almost drooping. Young 

 shoots slender, dull reddish brown. A profitable variety for market or 

 table use. 



Baltimore. 



Fruit medium. Form roundish, conical, regular. Color pale yellow, 

 shaded with light red, striped and splashed with dark red, almost pur- 

 plish, having a grayish appearance of bloom, large light dots, with a 

 dark centre. Stalk short. Cavity medium size, rather thinly russeted. 

 Calyx small, closed. Segments drawn to a point. Basin shallow, nearly 

 smooth. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, mild, subacid. Core medium. 

 Very good. December to April. 



An apple received from Maryland as Baltimore proves identical with 

 Fallawater. 



Baltimore Greening. 



Origin unknown. Specimens received from John Edgerton, Coal 

 Creek, Iowa. 



Fruit large, globular flattened, greenish yellow, with a brownish 



autumn or early winter sorts, and lose more or less of their sprightliness and good 

 qualities as table fruits. On the other hand, the summer-ripening varieties, origi- 

 nating North, are greatly improved when grown at the South. 



