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Arthur W Barnes
An attractive cooking apple with good flavour.
Origin: Cheshire UK, 1902
Pollination: Arthur W Barnes is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Arthur W Barnes
Arthur W Barnes apple was raised from Gascoyne's Scarlet x Cox's Orange Pippin by N F Barnes, Head Gardener to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, Chester, UK in 1902.Large, round-conical fruit. Bright red flush over a greenish yellow skin. Attractive exhibition variety. White flesh cooking to a well flavoured lemon coloured puree. Moderately vigorous, spreading tree with attractive blossom.
Characteristics of Arthur W Barnes apple trees
| Use | Culinary |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Acid |
| Fruit size | Large |
| Picking time | Mid Sep |
| Season of use | Sep-Oct |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Special features | Attractive Blossom |
| Pollination date | 11 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Cox's Orange Pippin Gascoyne's Scarlet |
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