Marston Scarlet Wonder
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A more highly coloured sport of Newton Wonder. Discovered in about 1909 by Mr Hughes, Marston, Herefordshire, England. Fruits have creamy white, rather coarse-textured flesh which is moderately juicy and subacid. Cooks very well.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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