Laxton’s Superb Apple Find a stockist Buy online from The Tree Shop Back To List Parentage: Wyken Pippin x Cox’s Orange Pippin Description: Laxton's Superb is a well known, late dessert apple that is grown commercially in the Netherlands and the UK, and in private gardens. Purple flush and red stripes give this an old fashioned attractive appearance. Sweet and aromatic possessing certain similarities to Cox, can become biennial bearing. A good substitute for Cox’s Orange Pippin in colder exposed areas. History: Raised by Laxton Brothers Ltd. at Bedford, England in 1897 and was introduced in 1922. Recieved an Award of Merit from Royal Horticultural Society in 1919. Pollination Partners: Apple Bright Furture Apple Charles Ross Apple Discovery Apple Ellison's Orange Apple Golden Delicious Apple Greensleeves Apple Honeycrisp Apple Kidd's Orange Red Attributes Uses: Eating Storing: January Picking month: Early October Pollination group 4 Award-winning Any UK district Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Greensleeves Apple A reliable mid-season variety. Pale, greenish-yellow. Crisp, tangy, easy to grow eater, and a very good pollinator. Full Details Cockle Pippin Apple A heavy cropper with good disease resistance. Sweet and pleasant flavours with fine-textured flesh. Full Details Prima Apple Striking red flush. Good taste of fruit; sweet juicy, rather coarse, deep cream flesh. Disease resistant. Full Details Santana® Apple Large crunchy and juicy, scab resistant and very productive. Hypo-allergenic for those with apple allergies. Full Details
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