Exquisite
syn. Laxton's Exquisite
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1902 by Laxton Bros. at Bedford, England. It received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1926. Fruits have firm, crisp and juicy flesh with a good aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 72.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 63.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Coarseness
- medium-coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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