Laxton's Peerless
syn. Peerless
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1900 at Bedford by Laxton Bros., and introduced by them in 1922. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1920. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 86.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 72.00 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine-medium
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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