Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Marston Scarlet Wonder
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
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.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Marston Scarlet Wonder United Kingdom, about 1909
- Sport of Newton Wonder United Kingdom, introduced about 1887
- Parent Maharaji
- Parent Northern Greening United Kingdom, by 1826
- Sport of Newton Wonder United Kingdom, introduced about 1887
Sources
- Marston Scarlet Wonder (accession 1925 - 005), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october).
