Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Laxton's Triumph
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1902 at Bedford by Laxton Bros., and introduced by them in 1930. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet subacid and highly aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Laxton's Triumph United Kingdom, 1902
- Seed parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen 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
- Seed parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
Sources
- Laxton's Triumph (accession 1931 - 004), 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 october); the other names.
