Laxton's Pearmain
syn. Bedford Pearmain
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1897 at Bedford by Laxton Bros., and introduced by them in 1922. Received an Award of Merit in 1922 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet and slightly aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 11th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 67.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 54.00 mm
- Ribbing
- absent
- Firmness
- medium
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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