Barnack Beauty Sport
Dessert apple
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.
Parentage:
Sport of Barnack Beauty
Ground Colour
yellow b
Over Colour
half covered with deep scarlet, no stripes b
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 a
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Ribbing
very weak a
Crown
very weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush a
Russet
low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register