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El Toro

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Here are some York apples formerly know as the York Imperial. My wife's late grandfather raised these in Perry county PA. He had a big orchard and my wife's dad took over the farm in 1922. These apples are referred to as the crooked apples. They're excellent keepers and don't get mealy. We picked these in SE PA back in Sept. Hal
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They look like Baldwins which are another good winter apple. They were discovered in Wilmington, MA in the early part of the 1700's. Colonel Balwin began to propagte them after the Revolutionary War. He later went on to develop the Middlesex canal from Boston to Lowell.

I live on a farm that dates from that period and borders Wilmington. Some of my Baldwin Trees are more than two feet in diameter. Lost a couple due to an ice storm last winter.

The Baldwins improve with age by getting sweeter. They are prized for making cider.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_(apple)
 
That tree was loaded with those apples, you could pick 1/2 bushel in a few minutes standing on the ground and some were huge. My late FIL knew how to prune all their trees. He was a good butcher too and not only did his own hogs, but he helped his neighbors. He and my dad butchered several hogs together back in the 1940's. They made scrapple known as "pawnhaust" in the German translation. It's good with eggs for breakfast. Hal
 
Just curious, are you Baldwins red or gray?

My grandfather took some grafts from a couple of old Baldwin orchards in the late 1950's. He always claimed that the red one was common, but the gray one was rare. We haven't come across anyone else who is familiar with the gray version. He saved both kinds on a single tree (along with 6 other varieties). My dad has since grafted a new tree for each variety.
 
Not familiar with Grey Baldwins.

When I was a boy more than 50 years ago, we had about 50 trees in the orchard. There are less than half that now. I suppose 100 years ago there must have been 150 trees.

Most of what is still alive are Red Baldwins. Seems like the rest are inedible. They sre small yellow apples and don't do well if not sprayed. The only other apple tree that I can identify is one Gravestine. That is definitely a summer apple and ready to harvest in August well before my one surviving peach tree.
 
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