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Millicent Barnes

syn. Millicent

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in about 1903 by N.F. Barnes at Eaton Gardens, Chester, England. Introduced by Clibrans. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, crisp, juicy flesh which is slightly acid and lacking flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late September
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
70.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
67.00 mm
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
high-very high
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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