Laxton’s Superb Apple Back To List Apple Parentage: Wyken Pippin x Cox’s Orange Pippin Description: Laxton's Superb is a well knnow, 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 Pollination group: Pollination group 4 Picking month: October Storing: January Uses: Eating Any UK district Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Grenadier Apple Easy to grow, large early fruit which cooks to a sharp purĂ©e. Compact tree making it ideal for the garden. Good pollinator. Full Details Isaac Newton Apple The ‘Flower of Kent’. Cooks to a sweet, delicate flavoured puree. Very interesting historical background. Full Details Bountiful Apple Soft juicy fruit, light and sweet when cooked. Slices retain their shape. A good disease resistant variety. Full Details Bloody Ploughman Apple An old variety from Carse of Gowrie. Classified as an eater, but likely to do better as a cooker. Full Details
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