Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Laxton's Superb Sport
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Received by NFT 1941. From Devon, Broadstone, England. Found by J. Adams. Morphologically indistinguishable from Laxton’s Superb.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Laxton's Superb Sport United Kingdom, by 1941
- Sport of Laxton's Superb United Kingdom, 1897
- Parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Seed parent Hubbardston Nonsuch United States, by 1832
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Sport of Laxton's Superb United Kingdom, 1897
Sources
- Laxton's Superb Sport (accession 1999 - 081), 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.
