Barnack Beauty Sport
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured sport of Barnack Beauty which was discovered in 1944 by George Lamb, Swanley, Kent. Fruits, like Barnack Beauty, are sweet, crisp and juicy with a good flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Barnack Beauty sport
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Ribbing
very weak 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1
Russet
low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register