45. Gascoynes Scarlet - Dessert Apple
Season : Blossom in May, Harvest Sept/Oct.
Pollination : Self Sterile - group D
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.