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45. Gascoynes Scarlet - Dessert Apple

Season :  Blossom in May, Harvest Sept/Oct.

Pollination : Self Sterile - group D

Rootstock :  MM106

Notes :

Malus domestica 'Gascoynes Scarlet'

Produces excellent pink apple juice.

A very handsome large apple. Flat-round or round shape very distinctly crowned with well-rounded ribs.  When ripe, the skin is a light green on one side, and a bright deep blood red on the other (sunny) side. Slight indistinct striping.

The flesh is white and firm, sometimes tinged with pink.

It is juicy with a pleasant  (but not exceptional) slightly sharp, fruity flavour - and it produces excellent pink apple juice.


Originally, primarily a garden and exhibition variety, but still found in old orchards.

A vigorous tree and a good cropper

Raised by Mr Gascoyne at Bapchild Court, Sittingbourne, Kent. Introduced 1871 by The famous nurseryman G Bunyard, of Maidstone, Kent. Received RHS First Class Certificate 1887. Introduced to Germany in 1883 becoming popular in Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia, where it is still grown.