The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Tower of Glamis (Scott)

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Originated in Scotland. Known before 1800. Fruits have crisp, fairly fine, firm, greenish white flesh with an acid and perfumed flavour.

Sources

  1. Tower of Glamis (Scott) (accession 1976 - 182), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october).