Millicent Barnes

An old mid season red flushed dessert apple from Cheshire with quite sharp flavour.

Origin: Cheshire UK, 1903

Pollination: Millicent Barnes is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find 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. More ...

Millicent Barnes apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Millicent Barnes

Millicent Barnes apple was raised in about 1903 by N F Barnes the Head Gardener to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall in Cheshire UK from Gascoyne's Scarlet x Cox's Orange Pippin. It is a medium sized round scarlet flushed dessert apple. It is crisp with quite a sharp brisk flavour. The tree is moderately vigorous and upright.

Characteristics of Millicent Barnes apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Brisk
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Late Sep
Season of use	Oct-Dec
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	10
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin Gascoyne's Scarlet