Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Millicent Barnes
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
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.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Millicent Barnes United Kingdom, about 1903
- Seed parent Gascoyne's Scarlet United Kingdom, by 1871
- Parent Cornish Aromatic United Kingdom, by 1813
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- 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
- Seed parent Gascoyne's Scarlet United Kingdom, by 1871
Offspring in the atlas
- Millicent Barnes Sport United Kingdom, 1954
Sources
- Millicent Barnes (accession 1923 - 111), 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 (late september); the other names.
