Mrs. Barron
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Exhibited in 1883 by The Royal Horticultural Society at the Fruit Conference. Fruits have soft, tender, dry, yellow tinged orange flesh with a sweet and subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Large America, Large American
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Oblong 2
Height
72.00 mm 2
Width
77.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
soft 2
Juiciness
dry 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Accession name
Mrs. Barron
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register