Laxton's Rearguard

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1907

Origin

Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 43.0 mm
Fruit width: 53.0 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 Rearguard is a greenish-yellow English dessert apple with an orange-red blush, featuring firm, crisp flesh with a sweet-tart and slightly aromatic flavour. Raised in Bedfordshire in 1907, it is best picked in early October and stores well through January.

Flavor & Texture

sweet_tartaromaticfirmcrisp

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Cox Orange Pippin Ribston Court Pendu Plat

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 3458
Wikidata: Q41778862