Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Laxton's Herald
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1906 by Laxton Bros. at Bedford. Fruits have firm, crisp, slightly tough flesh with a fairly sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Laxton's Herald United Kingdom, 1906
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Pollen parent Beauty of Bath United Kingdom, about 1864
- Parent Margaret United Kingdom, by 1665
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
Sources
- Laxton's Herald (accession 1938 - 007), 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).
