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Laxton's Rearguard
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 43.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 53.0 mm
source: NFC
source: NFC
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
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 3458
- Wikidata
- Q41778862