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Arthur W. Barnes
type: Cooking, Sauce
synonyms: A.W. Barnes
identification: Large and round conic. Skin base colour is light green maturing to yellow over which is a red and orange flush with broken stripes. The eye is large and open, set in a shallow and wide, ribbed basin. The stem is medium long and somewhat slender, set in a medium deep and narrow, russeted cavity. The skin is smooth and has a greasy feel.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, fine?grained and crisp. Very juicy and tart.
uses: Cooking apple that makes a wonderful lemon yellow, somewhat tart sauce.
origins: Developed in 1902 by crossing a Gascoyne’s Scarlet with pollen from a Cox’s Orange Pippin and raised by N.F. Barnes, Head Gardener for the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, Chester, Cheshire (UK). Marketed in 1928 by Clibrans nursery of Altrincham.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spreading spur bearer.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months.
harvest: In the middle of the third period. Problems: Susceptible to mildew and blight.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 11.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 3
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