Scrumptious apple trees
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current) 2009
Scrumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
Scrumptious apple trees for sale
Pot-grown
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
PG12-year bush-trained 11.5L pot-grown tree M27 rootstock £60.50
Very small tree
(< 1.7m after 10 years)
PG22-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree M26 rootstock £56.25
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
PG32-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree MM106 rootstock £56.25
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
PG4Premium half-standard 12L pot-grown tree MM106 rootstock £61.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree M9 rootstock £38.50< 5 in stock
Small tree
(1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
BR22-year bush-trained bare-root tree M9 rootstock £45.00
Small tree
(1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
BR3Spindlebush bare-root tree M9 rootstock £44.00< 5 in stock
Small tree
(1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
BR41-year bare-root tree M26 rootstock £35.50
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR52-year bush-trained bare-root tree M26 rootstock £43.50< 5 in stock
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR62-year bare-root tree M116 rootstock £43.00
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR71-year bare-root tree M116 rootstock £34.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR81-year bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £35.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR92-year bush-trained bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £43.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR102-year bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £45.75< 5 in stock
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Next deliveries
Order now for delivery from week commencing 11th December onwards where these items are showing as in stock.
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95. It is calculated when you add trees to your basket, based on your postcode.
Scrumptious is an excellent modern English early dessert apple, and has quickly established itself as one of the most successful garden apple varieties of recent times.
The flavour is what sets this apple apart from other early apple varieties, as the apples become genuinely sweet when planted in a sunny position. It's a great example of how growers are once again looking at flavour as the most important characteristic in a good apple. Scrumptious is also one of the most reliable early varieties, and the apples can be picked over a period of a couple of weeks rather than all at once.
If you are looking for a high-quality early-season apple which is productive and easy to grow, this is it!
How to grow
Scrumptious was developed specially for UK gardens by the English apple breeder Hugh Ermen. It is easy to grow and requires little if any routine pruning. It has a naturally weeping form, and the branches may benefit from support if the weight of apples looks too much for them.
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 colour make sure you plant in a sunny aspect.
Scrumptious is has average disease-resistant, it is slightly susceptible to canker, but has good resistance to scab.
Advice on fruit tree pollination.
History
Scrumptious was developed in Kent in by Hugh Ermen and released in 1980. It is related to Golden Delicious and Discovery.
Scrumptious characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersAverage
- PloidyDiploid
- Fruit bearingPartial tip-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
- WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators
- Picking seasonEarly
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)1 week
- Food usesEating fresh
- Flavour style (apples)Aromatic
- Disease resistanceAverage
- ScabVery resistant
- CankerSome susceptibility
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1950 - 1999
- Blossom colourWhite
- Fruit colourRed
- AwardsRHS AGM (current)
