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 b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Oblong b
Height
72.00 mm b
Width
77.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
soft b
Juiciness
dry b
Flesh Colour
Yellowish b
Accession name
Mrs. Barron
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register