Laxton's Pearmain

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1922

Origin

Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 54.0 mm
Fruit width: 67.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Laxton's Pearmain is a dessert apple bred by the Laxton brothers in Bedfordshire, England, from a Cellini × Cox Orange Pippin cross. First developed in 1897 and introduced in 1922, it received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society that same year. Best picked in mid-October and eaten through January, this fresh-eating variety is well-suited to long storage.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Cox Orange Pippin Cellini Cox's Orange Pippin x Wyken Pippin

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 3455
Wikidata: Q10555317