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Apple Laxtons Superb | Eating / Dessert Apple
Apple Laxtons Superb | Eating / Dessert Apple

Apple Laxtons Superb | Eating / Dessert Apple

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SKU: PL30004509
11.5 litre pot | M27 root stock | 1.2m
£71.99 £119.99
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12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.5m
£149.99
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bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m
£34.99
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bare root | MM106 root stock | 1.2m
£44.99
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9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.2m
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Overview

Bred by the renowned Laxton Brothers in Bedford in 1897, this delicious eating apple has a purple flushed red and green skin, and a flavour that is similar to 'Cox's Orange Pippin', which is one of its parents. Sweet and aromatic fruits that ripen in October, the flesh is firm and succulent with a greenish flush. A top old-fashioned variety that is reliably hardy in most areas, but it may may be a biennial bearer.

Specifications

  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: fast-growing
  • Ultimate size on M27 rootstock: 1.8 x 1.8m (6 x 6ft)
  • Flowering period: April and May
  • Hardiness: fully hardy
  • Pollination Group: this apple belongs to pollination group 4 (flowering very late in the season)

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

Care guide

Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. The main prune should be done in the winter as long as it isn't frosty or freezing. Take out the 3D's (dead, dying and diseased wood) and create an open shape. Then reduce the leaders back by a third. Aim to create an airy structure without any crisscrossing branches. Summer prune in August by shortening any side shoots (or laterals) which are longer than 20cm back to three leaves. This will allow the sun to ripen the fruit and encourage more fruit buds. Make sure that the growth you're cutting away feels firm to the touch. Pollination information: This apple belongs to pollination group 4, so you will need to plant one other different variety of apple to guarantee cross pollination, and a subsequent bumper crop. Ideally this should come from the same pollination group, however it is possible to use one from group 3 as well.

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