Scrumptious ® Apple Back To List Apple Parentage: Starkspur Golden Delicious x Discovery Description: Scrumptious is an apple that is something very special. The most popular apple, self-fertile, tasty and easy to grow. Named for its wonderful complexity of flavours it has been carefully bred and selected specifically for our garden conditions. Scrumptious is a mid season variety suitable for planting in all areas of the UK. It is also frost hardy when in flower, thin skinned for children and can be eaten straight from the tree at any time during September. The fruit will naturally stay on the tree without falling. When tasted by apple lovers, descriptions include: fragrant and honeyed, liquorice and wine, a bunch of cherries, fresh, aromatic, soft and delicate, crisp and sweet. History: Developed in Kent by Hugh Ermen and released in 1980. Introduced by Frank P Matthews, Worcestershire in 2000. Attributes Pollination group: Pollination group 3 Storing: October Picking month: September Self-fertility: Self-fertile Container Uses: Eating Relatively trouble-free Any UK district Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Cox’s Orange Pippin Apple The original Cox. Orange flush over greenish-yellow. Deep cream flesh has sweet aromatic flavour. Full Details Fortune Apple Early Cox but slightly sweeter and easier to grow. Best left on the tree for as long as possible to allow flavour to develop. Full Details Saturn Apple Heavy crops of attractive, red-blushed, conical fruit. Juicy, crisp and refreshing. Very easy to grow, good for beginners! Full Details Queen Cox Self Fertile 18 Apple A self fertile selection of Queen Cox.The best commercial form of Cox with attractive colour and occasional russet spots. Full Details
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