Gascoyne's Scarlet apple

Malus domestica

Produces a pink juice

Gascoyne's Scarlet apple photo tape

Parentage: Unknown
Origin: England
Introduced: 1871
Season: Oct-Dec
Apple cultivar ID: 116100




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30 Jul 2008 15:55   Carole from UK
I've grown Gascoyne's Scarlet as a cordon for nearly 20 years in Kent UK. It has cropped virtually every year. It's an excellent all rounder, you can eat it and cook it and it keeps until January/February, plus it's a beautiful looking apple. It was raised by Mr Gascoyne at Bapchild Court Sittingbourne Kent and introduced by the Maidstone fruit growers Bunyard & Co (information from Edward Bunyard's Handbook of Hardy Fruits ).Reply to this comment
06 May 2008 05:26   tony hart from newzealand
Finaly after a long time someone else remembers Gascoynes. As a boy i was born and brought up on a small farm at Castlemorton near Malvern in Worcestershire my grandfather bought the property in 1900 and we had abought an acre or so of old orchard and YES we had a Gascoyne tree it only ever produced a small amount of fruit but they were so delicious that i can remember them as one of my favourites .I came to Newzealand in 1974 and when my father passed away aged 92 in 1992 the property was sold and i believe the orchard was removed I would dearly love to taste that splendid apple again. Good luck Karen in your search . Kind regards from NewZealand ,TonyReply to this comment
23 Nov 2007 12:33   karen bell from france
My Mom was evacuated to a small farm in Herefordshire during the war, & remembers a very old apple tree in the orchard which only produced 3/4 delicious fruit a year. These were the special treat of her foster mother who would let my Mom have a slice of each one! Mom only knows it had the word Gascoyne in its name. I hope this is the one as I would love to surprise her with a young tree for Xmas or her birthday in April. Perhaps she'd give me a slice! Can you help me find one please? Yours hopefully, karen BellReply to this comment

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