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 IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… White Melrose Apple Large, ribbed, yellow fruit. Sweet-sharp flavour when cooked. Heavy cropping and a spreading and vigorous tree. Full Details Ribston Pippin Apple Sweet, aromatic, crisp fruit with yellow-red flush. Firm, deep, cream flesh. Described as being “like a good dessert wine”. Full Details Herefordshire Russet ® Apple Russet with a Cox-like flavour. Exceptional eating quality, rich aromatic flavour. Heavy cropping. Keeps well. Full Details Norfolk Beefing Apple Large greenish yellow, flushed dull crimson. Very firm, coarse-textured, juicy and acid taste. Keeps well into April. Full Details
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