Baldwin

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

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

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)

Sports:

Double-Red Baldwin

Shape

Truncate conical ²

Size

medium-large ²

Height

63.00mm ²

Width

76.50mm ²

Ground Colour

Yellow ²

Over Colour

Orange ²

Over Colour (Pattern)

striped ²

Coarseness

coarse ²

Flesh Colour

Yellowish ²

Accession No.

1921 - 086

  

Accession name

Baldwin

Flowering time  ›››

7th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall

Picking time

Mid October ¹

References:

1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.

2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register