Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Laxton's Reward
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1925 at Bedford by Laxton Bros. Fruits have crisp, coarse flesh with a sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Laxton's Reward United Kingdom, 1925
- Seed parent Epicure United Kingdom, 1909
- Seed parent Wealthy United States, about 1860
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier
- 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 Wealthy United States, about 1860
- Seed parent Epicure United Kingdom, 1909
Sources
- Laxton's Reward (accession 1949 - 292), 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 (early september).
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
