Mary Barnett

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1920 by Mrs Mary Jane Barnett at Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, England. Fruits have fine, crisp, green flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Lane's Prince Albert x Unknown

Size
medium 2

Type
Culinary / Dessert 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Height
60.00 mm 2

Width
69.00 mm 2

Ribbing
weak-medium 2

Ground Colour
Yellow 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2

Crunch
crisp 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1946 - 014   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Mary Barnett

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register