Laxton's Leader

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1905

Origin

Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 46.5 mm
Fruit width: 57.0 mm

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Laxton's Leader is a small dessert apple from Bedfordshire, England, first developed in 1905 as a cross between Gladstone and Worcester Pearmain. It measures approximately 57 mm wide by 46 mm tall and is ready to eat in August.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Gladstone Worcester Pearmain

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 3454
Wikidata: Q41778853