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Laxton’s Pearmain
type: Dessert
synonyms: Bedford Pearmain
identification: Medium size, Round to conic shape. The base colour is green over which there is a maroon wash on the sun exposed surface and darker striping. The eye is partly closed and medium size, stin in a shallow and small basin which is usually surrounded by a large patch of brown russet. The stem is long and medium thick, set in a deep and very narrow, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, firm and crisp. Juicy, sweet, somewhat tart and quite aromatic, flavourful. Keeps four months in cold storage.
uses: dessert
origins: Laxton Bros. of Bedford. Wyken Pippin x Cox’s Orange Pippin 1897 — Cox s Orange Pippin x Wyken Pippin, 1897, Laxton Brothers Ltd., Bedford, England, introduced, 1922 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
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Spur bearer. Ready for harvest by the middle of the FOURTH period
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 16
ploidism: Self sterile. Group E. Day 16,
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