Carolina Baldwin
AppleCarolina Baldwin
Origin / History
Origin on the premises of A. G. Baldwin, Hanover, N. J. (Downing). Received from S. W. Westbrooke, of Greensboro'; Warder calls it a "nice southern apple."
Tree
Vigorous and productive (Downing).
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Oblate, regular.
Stem: Medium to long.
Cavity: Wide, regular.
Calyx: Eye large, closed.
Basin: Abrupt, regular.
Skin: Yellow-green with mixed red and stripes (Warder); yellowish, mostly shaded with maroon, obscurely striped, and splashed with light and dark red (Downing).
Dots: Numerous, large, white (Warder); thickly covered with light dots (Downing).
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow or yellowish, fine-grained, crisp, juicy. Flavor mild, subacid, rather rich. Downing rates it "Very good"; Warder, "good for table."
Core and seeds: Core small to medium, regular, heart-shaped, closed. Seeds pointed.
Season
November to March. Warder gives good for table in November; Downing gives December to March.
Uses
Table fruit.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
} Downing and Warder differ in descriptions.
View original book sources (2)
— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Carolina Baldwin.
This nice southern apple was received from S. W. Westbrooke, of Greensboro'. Of the tree I know nothing. Fruit medium, oblate, regular; Surface yellow-green, with mixed red and stripes; Dots numerous, large, white. Basin abrupt, regular; Eye large, closed. Cavity wide, regular; Stem, medium to long. Core small, regular, heart-shaped, closed; Seeds pointed; Flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor, sub-acid; good for table in November.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Carolina Baldwin.
Origin, premises of A. G. Baldwin, Hanover, N. J. Tree vigorous and productive.
Fruit medium, oblate, yellowish, mostly shaded with maroon, obscurely striped, and splashed with light and dark red, and thickly covered with light dots. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, mild, subacid, rather rich. Very good. Core medium. December to March.