Double-Red Baldwin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A brighter coloured sport of Baldwin. It was discovered in 1924 by E.N. Sawyer in Salisbury, New Hampshire, USA. Introduced in 1927. Fruits have coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Baldwin
Type
Dessert b
Accession name
Double-Red Baldwin
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register