Glengyle Red
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured sport of Rome Beauty. It originated in 1914 at Balhannah, South Australia. Fruits have creamy white, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh but with little flavour. Skin tends to be tough.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Rome Beauty
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Accession name
Glengyle Red
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register