Description
Traditional Scottish variety, widely grown in the early 19th century and still popular today. Irregular bright grass green fruit which cook to a pale lemon soft sweet fluff. The trees are very hardy, growth is compact and upright - a worthy choice for exposed northern gardens. The fruit is hefty and rugged, with a distinct 'tower' appearance to them.
"The apple illustrated here is another collected from the Priorwood Garden beside Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire. Known since 1800, it was described by Hogg as ... 'A first-rate culinary apple, peculiar to the orchards of Clydesdale and the Carse of Gowrie', and has been found frequently in surveys of Clyde Valley orchards (Ironside Farrar, A Clyde Valley Orchards Survey, Scottish National Heritage). It was also on the Backhouse list of 1910. Recognisable by its considerable heft and rugged outline, it is very large, conical and so angular as to be distinctly 4-sided, indeed even tower shaped. Its smooth skin is a beautiful glowing pale yellow, freckled with white lenticels, and it has a crisp, brisk and slightly scented flavour; a fabulous baking apple, dropping when cooked to a sweet, lemon-coloured purée." © Lin Hawthorne - 'The Northern Pomona'.
For help with choosing the correct rootstock for your needs, please click here A Guide to Rootstocks
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