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Gascoyne's Scarlet

Apple

Raised by Mr Gascoyne at Bapchild Court, Sittingbourne, Kent. It was introduced in 1871 by nurseryman G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, Kent. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1887. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, slightly juicy, sweet flesh with very little flavour.

Synonyms:
Cramoisi de Gascoyne, Cramoisie de Gascogne, Cramoisie de Gascoigne, Friedrich August von Sachesen, Gascoigne's Scarlet, Gascoigne's Seedling, Gascoignes Scharlachapfel, Gascoine, Gascoygne's Scarlet, Gascoygne's Scarlet Seedling, Gascoygne's Seedling, Gascoynes Scarlet, Gascoynes Scarlet Seedling, Gascoynes Scharlachroter, Gascoynes Scharlachroter Samling, Malinovoe Gaskonskoe, Rhum von England, Schoner von Rusdorf
Accession Number:
1957 - 181  
Accession Name:
Gascoyne's Scarlet
Use:
Dual Purpose
Flowering:
10% open: 9th May
Fully open: 15th May
90% over: 22nd May
Picking time:
Late September


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