Laxton's Early Crimson
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1908 at Bedford by Laxton Bros. and introduced by them in 1931. Fruits have rather coarse flesh with a sweet flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Early Crimson
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Parentage:
- Worcester Pearmain x Gladstone
- Mother to:
- Merton Knave
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- small-medium 2
- Height
- 42.00mm 2
- Width
- 51.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1975 - 304
- Accession name
- Laxton's Early Crimson (LA 69A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering 17th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early August 1

- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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