Laxton's Superb
syn. Laxton Superb, Laxtons Superb, Superb
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1897 at Bedford by Laxton Bros., and introduced by them in 1922. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1919 and a First Class Certificate in 1921. Fruits have firm, very juicy flesh with a sweet, pleasant and refreshing flavour. Trees tend to be subject to biennial bearing.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 64-76 mm
- Over colour
- flushed crimson with darder streaks
- Flesh colour
- cream
- Fruit height
- 51-64 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, fine
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow to yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 75.14 mm
- Height
- 64.43 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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