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Laxton's Favourite
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size. Round conic. Greenish yellow skin is washed dark red almost maroon with a few darker stripes on the sun exposed face.The eye is partly open and medium large, set in a shallow, open basin which is surrounded by a faintly knobbed crown. The stem is stout and somewhat short, set in a medium deep, open cavity which is lightly russeted.
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse?grained and crisp, Juicy and sweet. Keeps two months in cold storage.
uses: Dessert
origins: Laxton Bros. of Bedford 1925 Cox’s Orange Pippin x Laxton’s Exquisite — Cox s Orange Pippin x Exquisite, 1925, Laxton Brothers Ltd., Bedford, England, introduced, 1951 NFC: Raised in 1925 at Bedford by Laxton Bros. and introduce by them in 1951
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading spur bearer. Tends to bear heavy crops every other year. Ready for harvest in the half of the SECOND period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 10.
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