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Lass o' Gowrie
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated from Scotland. It was described in 1883. Fruits have soft flesh with a subacid and sweet flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 48.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Pink 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1949 - 272
- Accession name
- Lass o' Gowrie
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid August 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, November 2015