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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
Accession No.
1951 - 009
- Accession name
- Double-Red Baldwin
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019