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Laxton's Early Crimson

Dessert

Introduced

1931

Origin

Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Laxton's Early Crimson is a British apple raised in 1908 and introduced in 1931, bred from Worcester Pearmain and Gladstone. It features a green skin flushed with brownish-purple and very sweet flesh with little acidity, harvested in early August.

Flavor & Texture

sweet

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Gladstone Worcester Pearmain

Offspring

Merton Knave

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross