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Fortune

Apple

Raised in 1904 by Laxton Brothers Ltd. at Bedford, England and introduced in 1931. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1948. Fruits have fairly firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:
Laxton's Fortune
Accession Number:
1974 - 343  
Accession Name:
Fortune
Use:
Dessert
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin (female) × Wealthy (male)
Flowering:
10% open: 4th May
Fully open: 9th May
90% over: 17th May
Picking time:
Early September


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