[2] The Baldwin was one of four apples honored by the United States Postal Service in a 2013 set of four 33¢ stamps commemorating historic strains, joined by Northern Spy, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith.

William Butters raised the tree in his yard, near the present Baldwin Apple Monument (pictured).

Beach's Apples of New York, the Baldwin originated soon after 1740 as a chance seedling on the farm of Mr. John Ball of Wilmington, Massachusetts, and for about 40 years thereafter its cultivation was confined to that immediate neighborhood.

A monument to the Baldwin apple now stands on today's Chestnut street in Wilmington.

[6][7][8] It is an exceptionally hard apple and would remain remarkably free from blemishes and other blights with few pesticides being needed.

Essex County, New Jersey, in the time of the Dutch, was also well known for its apple groves and cider, connected with the Bauldwin family.