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Baldwin
Dessert apple
Triploid. A chance seedling found on the farm of John Ball, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A. in about 1740. Introduced by Colonel Baldwin in about 1780. Fruits are coarse textured and juicy but lack flavour. It was once an important commercial variety in the U.S.A.
Synonyms:
American Baldwin, Baldwin Rosenapfel, Baldwin's Apfel, Baldwin's Roter Pepping, Baldwin's rother Pepping, Baldwin's Rother Pippin, Beldvin, Butter's, Butter's Woodpecker, Butters, Butters' Red Baldwin, Calville Butter, Calville Buttner, Felch, Late Baldwin, Pecker, Pepin Rouge de Baldwin, Peppin rouge de Baldwin, Red Baldwin, Red Baldwin Pippin, Red Baldwin's Pippin, Stecle's Red Winter, Steele's Red Winter, Woodpecker
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Shape: Truncate conical
Size: medium-large
Height: 63.00mm
Width: 76.50mm
Ground Colour: Yellow
Over Colour: Orange
Over Colour (Pattern): striped
Coarseness: coarse
Flesh Colour: Yellowish
Flowering time:
7th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall
Picking time: Mid October