Baldwin. Its origin is unknown. The variety has medium to large (220-240g) oblong fruit. Fruit are attractive, having a light-green skin color overlaid with a light russet. Baldwin is buttery textured with few stone cells and a mild pear flavor when eaten fresh or processed. Fruit ripens in late August and into September. Trees are moderatly resistant to fire blight but are not recommended because of high susceptibility to leaf spot. -- Low Chilling Pears by W.B. Sherman and T.E. Crocker, Fruit Crops Dept.,Univ. of Flordia. Tom Van Der Zwet mentions Baldwin in his book on fire blight as being known before 1920. It and Hood have been widely grown in Texas as low-chill pears for many years. Baldwin is said to have as little as a 150 chill hours requirement. It is a large pear, very productive and not bad if it is fully ripened to soften it a bit. It also has been called the 'Yankee Pear' in the South. -- Ethan Natelson, March 23,1999.
Baldwin. Origin unknown, presumed to have originated in Baldwin County, Alabama. Fruit size medium, oval to obovate, pyriform, occasionally diamond shaped, obscure neck. Skin greenish-yellow, dull, roughened skin, somewhat similar to Kieffer. Flesh yellow, soft, juicy, tender, subacid; stone cells at core, not objectionable. Flavor fair to good. Harvest first week in October. Keeping quality relatively short for an Oriental type. Appears to be an Oriental hybrid with flavor somewhat superior to most varieties of similar inheritance. Reported outstandingly blight resistant and very productive in Georgia. -- F.S. Howlett, Ohio Ag. Experiment Station, 1957.