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Millicent Barnes
synonyms: Millicent
identification: Medium size, round. The base colour is greenish yellow, over which is a bright red wash and fine red stripes which are most apparent on the shaded face. The calyx is medium size and partly open, set in a medium deep and wide basin. The stem is very short and stout, set in a narrow and shallow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, fine-grained, crisp, firm. Juicy, sharp and very mild flavour.
origins: Developed in 1903 from a cross of Gascoyne’s Scarlet and Cox’s Orange Pippin and raised by N.F. Barnes, the head gardener to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, Chester, Cheshire (U.K.).
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright tree. Spur bearer. Produces heavy crops.
mutations: Millicent Barnes Sport is a more highly coloured
cold storage: Keeps two months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the latter part of the fourth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
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