Show baldwin apple cheeks checks up true to its strain baldwin apples are probably more generelly generi gene rully illy distributed throng throughout hout the united states than Is any other one variety of apple and it has been grown gronn for a great number of years under a wide range of soil and climatic conditions many fruit gro growers Ners contend that ahen the baldwin is grown for long periods of time under different terent dlf dif lerent conditions new strains of this variety are developed in 1911 horticulturists at the new york state agricultural experiment station at geneva decided to try out this theory eighty four bat baldwin din apple trees were purchased from it 40 different locations in the united states and were set out on the station grounds at geneva to determine whether distinct strains of tills this variety had bad developed under widely cidely different environments the trees are now in full hearing bearing and all 81 84 8 1 produce fruit similar in size color season and quality say the station fruit specialists in a recent report on the progress of this experiment while there may he be strains of tile the baldwin apple appe in different parts of the united states says the report it seems fairly certain from this e experiment peri ment that they have not originated necessarily because of difference in environment |