Laxton's Superb
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| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| origin | Bedford , England |
| breeder | Laxton Brothers Nursery |
| Breeding year | 1897 |
| Launch | 1918 or 1922 |
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Laxtons Superb (also Superb and Laxtons Magnificent ) is a cultivated apple ( malus domesticus ). The variety was created as a targeted crossing of the tasty but difficult to grow Cox Orange and Wyken Pippin .
The apple is tasty and insensitive to pressure. It was brought onto the market as a similar tasting but better storable variant of Cox Orange. However, Laxton's Superb causes problems in reliable yield growing and has therefore gone out of fashion in the last few decades.
The fruits are harvested from the beginning of October and are immediately edible. The apple blooms late and long. For cultivation it needs a moderate maritime climate with humid summers.
description
In terms of taste, Laxton Superb is similar to its parent variety, Cox Orange. The apple is suitable as a table apple, for apple sauce and apple juice. However, the juice yield is comparatively low. It has less favorable properties for baking and apple slices.
The fruits are medium to large in size with an average weight of 120 grams. The apples are larger and rounder than Cox Orange. They are round and medium-bellied. The color is yellowish green to yellow. Russeting is rare. The sunny side is colored pale orange-red or carmine-red, often this color is washed out or flamed. The flesh is yellowish-white to cream-colored. Shortly after harvest it is juicy, later it becomes loose and almost mushy.
The trees grow moderately strong. The crowns are not very pronounced, but wider than in Cox Orange. Typical of the variety are many medium-long to long bald shoots and twigs that hang down from obliquely upright branches. The tree blooms late and long.
Cultivation
Common mutants are Crimson Superb, Laxtons Superb Sport, and Maxton. Like Laxton's Superb, these come from England. The tree comes from the Atlantic climate of England and does best in a very temperate climate, with no hot summers or cold winters. Like Cox Orange, it is dependent on a regular water supply and cannot tolerate dry summers. In areas with less rain, it therefore needs loamy, well-aerated soils with very good water storage properties.
The optimal time of harvest is important for Laxtons Superb, and the time window is small compared to other apple varieties. If the harvest is too early, the fruits often wither; if the harvest is too late, the fruit can fall out. The yield on M9 is around 66 to 80% of that of Golden Delicious . This makes Laxton Superb one of the higher yielding strains on the market. The variety is one of the few apple varieties that is self-fertilizing. However, the yields are higher with cross-fertilization.
Laxton's Superb shows a pronounced alternation in which strongly growing and weakly growing years alternate. While the harvest is low in poorly growing years, there are often numerous small and poorly colored fruits that are susceptible to disease in heavily pregnant years. Usual measures against alternation such as early thinning are only moderately effective with Laxtons Superb.
The apple is prone to scab. Fruit tree cancer is common in damp and poorly ventilated soils . On the other hand, there is almost no susceptibility to powdery mildew . Damage from fruit monilia is widespread in central and eastern Germany .
history
The apple was grown as one of a series of apples in the Laxton Brothers nursery in Bedford as a descendant of Cox Orange . Various of the breeds came onto the market, but only Laxton's Superb was able to establish itself permanently.
Today Laxton's Superb is still grown on the Lower Elbe in the Altes Land and in the Netherlands. Cultivation in England and the Rhineland has declined sharply in recent decades. Tydeman's Late Orange emerged from Laxton's Superb .
Remarks
- ^ A b c d e Robert Silbereisen, Gerhard Götz, Walter Hartmann: Obstsorten-Atlas Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart 1996. ISBN 3-8001-5537-0 , p. 136
- ^ A b c d e f g Robert Silbereisen, Gerhard Götz, Walter Hartmann: Obstsorten-Atlas Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart 1996. ISBN 3-8001-5537-0 , p. 135
- ^ A b Robert Silbereisen, Gerhard Götz, Walter Hartmann: Obstsorten-Atlas Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart 1996. ISBN 3-8001-5537-0 , p. 134
- ↑ Orangepippin.com: Laxton's Superb
Web links
- Laxtons Superb , orangepippin.com
literature
- Robert Silbereisen, Gerhard Götz, Walter Hartmann: Obstsorten-Atlas Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart 1996. ISBN 3-8001-5537-0 , pp. 134-136