Epicure
syn. Laxton's Epicure
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
Raised in 1909 by Laxton Bros. at Bedford. Introduced in 1929. It received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1931. Fruits have moderately firm and juicy flesh with a refreshing flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1929-022 · Epicure
- Picking time
- late august
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 2006-013 · Epicure (LA 65A)
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 57.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 49.00 mm
- Ribbing
- absent
- Firmness
- medium-firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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