Scarlet Nonpareil

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1773 in the garden of an inn at Esher, Surrey. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1901. Fruits have fine, creamy white flesh with a subacid and rich flavour.

Synonyms:
Ecarlate sans pareille, New Scarlet Nompareil, New Scarlet Nonpareil, New Scarlet Nonpariel, New-Scarlet Nonpareil, Non Pareille Ecarlate, Non-Pareille Ecarlate, Nonpareil Ecarlate, Nonpareil Scarlet, Saint Augustine's Orange, Scharlachroter Nonpareil, Scharlachrothe Nonpareil, Scharlachrother Nonpareil, Sheppard's Nonpareil

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Father to:
Oxford Beauty

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Flat 2

Height
42.00 mm 2

Width
57.50 mm 2

Ribbing
absent 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Russet
low 2

Greasiness
Weak 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Cream 2

Accession No.
1951 - 005   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Scarlet Nonpareil

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
16th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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