Advance

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at Bedford by Laxton Bros. Ltd., in 1908 and introduced by them in 1929. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1932. Fruits have soft, fine flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour. Trees tend to be prone to mildew and canker.

Synonyms:
Laxton's Advance

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Gladstone

Accession No.
1962 - 020   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Advance (M146)

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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