Pioneer (1)
syn. Laxton's Pioneer
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Laxton Bros. Ltd., at Bedford, England. Recorded in 1934. Fruits have fine, crisp, fairly tender flesh with a subacid and astringent flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 81.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 67.00 mm
- Ribbing
- absent
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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