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Annat Scarlet
type: Dessert
summary: Annat Scarlet is widely considered to be the same apple as the Devonshire Quarrenden and the name is actually suggested as a synonym for the Quarrenden. However, the two have distinctly different origins, even if they do resemble each other.
identification: Small, round flattened. The base colour is yellowish green, over which is a dense scarlet wash on the sun-exposed face and a pattern of scarlet stripes on the shaded side. Greenish indented lenticels and some raised russet dots. The stem is short and stout with a fleshy knob at the top end, set in a shallow cavity. The calyx is partly closed, set in the middle of a flattened area marked with small knobs.
characteristics: The flesh is stained red. Sweet and flavourful.
origins: A chance seedling raised by Archibald Gorrie, at Annat, Perthshire in Scotland. The parentage of the cultivar is unknown. Archibald Gorrie was factor at the estate of the Moody Stuarts at Annat for almost half a century before he passed on in the mid-1850s, so it is likely that the Annat Scarlet had fruited during his tenure. Scottish. A well known horticulturalist (1778-1857) and factor of the estates of the Moody Stuarts of Annat. It was briefly discussed by J.C. Loudon in the 1840 edition of "The Gardener's Magazine" and Charles McIntosh listed it as the Annat Scarlet Pippin in his book "The Book of the Garden" published in 1855.
cultivation: Typically grows dwarfed on its own roots. Hardy, Bears heavy crops.
harvest: Ready for picking at the beginning of the fourth period.
ploidism: Self sterile.
harvest period: 4
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