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 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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