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Laxton’s Pioneer
type: Dessert
synonyms: Pioneer, not to be confused with the Pioneer Mac . Pioneer is also a synonym for Pinova . As well, it is the cultivar name for Pioneer .
identification: Large and round conic, The yellow-skinned apple is almost completely covered with a dark carmine flush and stripes. Skin has a chalky bloom at harvest.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-textured, firm and crisp. Juicy, quite astringent with strawberry flavours.
origins: Cox’s Orange Pippin x Worcester Pearmain , Laxton Brothers Ltd., Bedford (U.K.). Introduced, 1934.
cultivation: Hardy and moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps for two months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to fire blight
harvest: In the second half of the third period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 6
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 3
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