Apple
Raised by nurseryman William Pope, Newbury, Berks in the early 1900s. Fruits are good both for dessert and cooking.
Availability Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name Pope's Scarlet Costard
Flowering time 8th May 10% flowering 14th May Full (80%) flowering22nd 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale. 2.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