Baccolinus
AppleBaccolinus Apple
Origin/History
Origin unknown (Downing). Fruited by J. H. Crain, Pulaski County, Illinois, on trees nine years old, which produced ten bushels apiece, demonstrating its productiveness (Warder). Described by Warder as a "valuable Southern keeper" with potential to become a great favorite.
Tree
Tree thrifty (Warder) and vigorous (Downing), very productive (both sources).
Fruit
Size and Form: Small. Warder describes the form as globular and truncated, regular, handsome. Downing describes it as roundish to roundish oblong.
Stem: Medium to long, slender (Warder).
Cavity: Deep, regular, brown (Warder).
Calyx: Reflexed (Warder).
Eye: Small but long, closed (Warder).
Basin: Shallow, wide, regular (Warder).
Skin: Smooth (Warder). Warder describes the color as mixed bright red and splashed crimson on a pale yellow ground. Downing describes it as whitish, shaded and splashed with light and dark red.
Dots: Few, minute (Warder).
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh firm (both sources), yellow (Warder), fine-grained and juicy (Warder); moderately juicy and vinous in character (Downing). Flavor sub-acid, agreeable (Warder).
Core and Seeds: Core medium, regular, closed or slightly open, clasping (Warder); Downing describes the core as small — conflicting with Warder's medium. Seeds numerous, angular, dark (Warder).
Season
December through March or longer (Warder); January to April (Downing).
Uses
Dessert (Warder).
Quality
Very good (Warder); Good (Downing).
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Baccalinus.
Fruited by J. H. Crain, Pulaski County, Illinois, on trees nine years old, which produced ten bushels apiece, showing its productiveness.
This valuable Southern keeper bids fair to become a great favorite.
Tree thrifty, very productive; Fruit small, globular, truncated, regular, handsome; Surface smooth, mixed bright red, and splashed crimson on pale yellow; Dots few, minute.
Basin shallow, wide, regular; Eye small but long, closed; Calyx reflexed.
Cavity deep, regular, brown; Stem medium to long, slender.
Core medium, regular, closed, or slightly open, clasping; Seeds numerous, angular, dark; Flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, agreeable; Use, dessert; Season, December till March or longer; Quality very good.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Baccolinus.
Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, very productive. Fruit small, roundish to roundish oblong, whitish, shaded and splashed with light and dark red. Flesh firm, moderately juicy, vinous. Core small. Good. January to April.