Babbitt
- From
- Woodford County
- Description
- A handsome large apple, red and striped, of about thesameseasonastheTompkinsKing.
- Flesh quality
- moderately fine-grained, moderately crisp, juicy, sprightly subacid or sour
- Flesh color
- yellow, white
- Skin quality
- attractive color, fine general appearance
- Skin color
- red mottled, carmine striped, yellow
- Sizes
- large
- Shape
- angular, round, irregular, oblate
- General quality
- Shy bearer, very acidic, not recommended for cultivation
- Uses
- cooking
- Eating season starts in
- May
- Eating season ends in
- June
- Also known as
- Western Baldwin
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 53.