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Laxton’s Rearguard
identification: Medium sized. Flat rounded tending slightly to conic. The base colour is greenish yellow over which is an orange red blush that can darken to maroon on the sun-exposed surfaces. Abundantly marked with small, russet lenticels. The calyx is large and open, set in a wide and rather shallow basin, sometimes surrounded by a faintly knobbed crown. The stem is medium thick, somewhat short and set in a deep and moderately narrow cavity which is lightly russeted.
characteristics: The flesh is white, sometimes faintly greenish. Firm and crisp. Juicy, sweet-sharp and mildly aromatic.
origins: Developed in 1907 at Laxton Bros. Nursery in Bedford (U.K.) by crossing Ribston Pippin with Court Pendu Plat .
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright tree. Needs long, warm summers to fully develop.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the first half of the fifth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
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