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Laxton's Early Crimson
type: Dessert, Eating
identification: Small tending to medium. Round. The green base colour is almost completely washed bright red.
characteristics: Flesh is white with traces of green, coarse-grained and soft. Juicy, sprightly and very sweet.
uses: Intended to to be eaten fresh.
origins: Developed by Laxton Brothers Nursery in Bedford (U.K.) in 1908 by crossing Worcester Pearmain with pollen from Gladstone . Released in 1931.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading partial tip bearer.
cold storage: Does not keep well.
harvest: An early apple ready for harvest starting in the first half of the SE period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 2
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