Gascoyne's Scarlet

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

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

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)

Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Westhope)

Mother to:

Oxford Beauty

Arthur W. Barnes

Millicent Barnes

Accession No.

1957 - 181

  

Accession name

Gascoyne's Scarlet

Flowering time  ›››

9th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall

Picking time

Late September ¹

Size

large-very large ¹

Shape

Flat globose ¹

Height

70.74 mm ¹

Width

82.20 mm ¹

Ribbing

weak-medium ¹

Crown

medium ¹

Ground Colour

Whitish yellow ¹

Over Colour

Pink ¹

Over Colour Amount

medium ¹

Over Colour Pattern

striped/washed out ¹

Russet

very low ¹

Greasiness

Medium ¹

Crunch

crisp ¹

Coarseness

fine ¹

Juiciness

dry ¹

Flesh Colour

White ¹

References:

1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.

2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register