Scrumptious

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• Picking season: Early
• Country of origin: United Kingdom
• Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Flowering group: 3
• List of other varieties that will pollinate Scrumptious

Scrumptious is an excellent modern English early dessert apple, and popular in tasting tests.

The flavor is what sets this apple apart from other early apple varieties. It's a great example of how growers are once again looking at flavor as the most important characteristic in a good apple.

Scrumptious is also an easy variety to grow, and the apples can be picked over a period of a couple of weeks rather than all at once.

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Deliveries resume December 2020

How to grow

Scrumptious is a good choice for the UK garden, and was developed specially for UK gardens by the English apple breeder Hugh Ermen.

Scrumptious is self-fertile apple variety, so no pollination partner is needed, and the blossom also has some resistance to frost.

To get the full red color make sure you plant in a sunny aspect.

History

Kent, UK, 1980. Developed by Hugh Ermen, and related to Golden Delicious and Discovery.

Scrumptious characteristics

• Picking seasonEarly
• CroppingGood
• Keeping1 week
• Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
• Useful forEating fresh
• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• PloidyDiploid
• VigourAverage vigour
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Fruit bearingPartial tip-bearer
• Disease resistanceAverage
• ScabVery resistant
• Climate typeTemperate climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
• Frost resistance of blossomGood resistance
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1950 - 1999
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourRed
• AwardsRHS Award of Garden Merit