Laxton's Delight
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised in 1913 by Laxton Bros., at Bedford and introduced in 1945. Fruits have rather soft, very juicy flesh with a good to very good flavour. Fruits tend to bruise very easily.
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- Picking time
- Late August-Early September
- Flowering
- 15th April (10%) · 20th April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Semi-freestone/Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 78.40 g
- Stalk length
- 14.71 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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