Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Laxton's Peerless
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1900 at Bedford by Laxton Bros., and introduced by them in 1922. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1920. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour.
Sources
- Laxton's Peerless (accession 2000 - 059), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid september); the other names.
