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Laxton's Pearmain
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1897 at Bedford by Laxton Bros., and introduced by them in 1922. Received an Award of Merit in 1922 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet and slightly aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Bedford Pearmain
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Cox's Orange Pippin x Wyken Pippin
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 54.00mm 2
- Width
- 67.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1929 - 024
- Accession name
- Laxton's Pearmain
- Flowering time ›››
- 11th May10% flowering
16th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019