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 b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Height
60.00 mm b
Width
69.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak-medium b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Crunch
crisp b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Mary Barnett
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register