Stirling Castle
syn. King Noble, Schloss Stirling, Sterling Castle, Zamok Sterlinga
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by John Christie, nurseryman at Causeyhead, Scotland. Introduced by Drummond of Stirling, Scotland. First recorded in 1831. Fruits have white, very soft, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with an acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 89.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 70.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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