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Laxton's Ideal
Dessert plum
Prunus domestica L.
Raised at Bedford by Laxton Bros. Catalogued in 1937. Fruits have very juicy, softish flesh with a fairly sweet and rich flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1938 - 011
- Accession name
- Laxton's Ideal
- Flowering time ›››
- 20th April10% flowering
24th AprilFull (80%) flowering
8th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early-Mid September 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Oval 1
- Weight
- 49.93 g 1
- Stalk Length
- 11.08 1
- Skin Colour
- Yellow-green 1
- Stalk Length
- 11.08 mm 1
- Stone
- Clingstone 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019