Barnes originated in Bell County, Texas, with a Mr. Barnes Parker. Tree vigorous; fruit medium in size, yellow; flesh firm, subacid; clingstone.
Baron Ackenthal. 1. Guide Prat. 40. 1895.
An Austrian variety with globose glands.
Baron Dufour. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 39, 215. 1876. 2. Lauche Ergänzungsband 697 fig., 698. 1883.
This sort was found by Baron Dufour in his gardens at Metz, Germany; it is called by some Grosse Magdalene von Metz. In 1872 it was introduced as Baron Dufour. Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; fruit large, roundish; suture shallow; cavity wide, shallow; skin greenish-yellow, dark brownish-red in the sun; flesh clear yellow, tinged with red at the stone, juicy, melting, aromatic; stone large, oval, roundish at the base; ripens the last of August.
Baron Pears. 1. Carrière Var. Pêchers 81. 1867.
This variety was grown from seed by Baron Pears, Oostcamp, near Bruges, Belgium. Tree vigorous; leaves glandless; flowers large; fruit large, oblate, strongly sutured; skin pale yellow, striped with red where exposed; flesh white, tinged with red at the stone, firm, juicy, aromatic; stone free, bluntly oval; ripens the last of September.
Baronne de Brivazac. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 387. 1889.
Listed in the reference given.
Barr Early. 1. Fla. Sta. Bul. 14:6. 1891. 2. Ibid. 62:510. 1902.