Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Laxton's Favourite
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1925 at Bedford by Laxton Bros. and introduced by them in 1951. Fruits have sweet, crisp, juicy flesh.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Laxton's Favourite United Kingdom, 1925
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Pollen parent Exquisite United Kingdom, 1902
- Seed parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Seed parent Hubbardston Nonsuch United States, by 1832
- Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Seed parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Laxton's Favourite (accession 1949 - 290), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late august).
