Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Pope's Scarlet Costard
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by nurseryman William Pope, Newbury, Berks in the early 1900s. Fruits are good both for dessert and cooking.
Sources
- Pope's Scarlet Costard (accession 1949 - 213), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october).
