Glenton
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Ottawa Central Experimental Farm, Ontario, Canada. It was named in 1911 and introduced in 1946. Fruits have softish flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Northern Spy x Unknown
Accession name
Glenton
Flowering time
14th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
68.13 mm 1
Width
79.02 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
weak-medium 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 1
Russet
very low 1
Firmness
soft 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register