Applevariety
Pioneer (1)
Also known as Laxton's Pioneer
Laxton's Pioneer
A dessert apple with white flesh and whitish-yellow skin, broad round-conical in shape; mildly tart, crisp and astringent. Picked in late September.
Origin · Bedford, England
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- subacid
- Bite
- crisp
- Texture
- Flesh grain fine
- Flavour
- astringent
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour RedBackground colour Whitish yellowSurface colour coverage high-very highSurface colour pattern striped
- Flesh
- White
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Size
- largeWidth 81.50 mmHeight 67.00 mm
- Appearance
- Surface ridges absent
Origin & family
Where Pioneer (1) began
Recorded origin
Bedford, England
United Kingdom
Pioneer (1)’s family
5 varieties · 4 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Pioneer (1)
Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
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Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- size
- large
- type
- Dessert
- shape
- Broad globose conical
- width
- 81.50 mm
- crunch
- crisp
- height
- 67.00 mm
- ribbing
- absent
- synonyms
- Laxton's Pioneer
- parentage
- Cox's Orange Pippin x Worcester Pearmain
- coarseness
- fine
- over colour
- Red
- flesh colour
- White
- ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- over colour amount
- high-very high
- over colour pattern
- striped
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.