Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Barnack Orange
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1904 at Belvoir Castle, England by W. H. Divers. Fruits have firm, rather coarse-textured flesh, with a little juice and a good aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Barnack Orange United Kingdom, 1904
- Seed parent Barnack Beauty United Kingdom, about 1840
- Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
Sources
- Barnack Orange (accession 1925 - 004), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october).
