Arthur W. Barnes
syn. A. W. Barnes
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1902 at Eaton Gardens, Chester, by N.F. Barnes, head gardener to the Duke of Westminster. Introduced in 1928 by Clibrans of Altrincham. Cooks well.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 73.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 59.50 mm
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Coarseness
- medium
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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