Tower of Glamis (Scott)
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in Scotland. Known before 1800. Fruits have crisp, fairly fine, firm, greenish white flesh with an acid and perfumed flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 28th April (10%) · 5th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 85.26 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 73.76 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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