The finely-textured flesh inside is pure white, soft, sweet, and juicy.
The tree can grow 8 to 12 feet (2 ½ to 3 ½ metres) high. It is very hardy, but tends to bear heavier every other year.
Laxton’s Superb Apples are fresh-eating apples.
History Notes
Laxton’s Superb Apples were developed from a cross between Wyken Pippin apples and Cox’s Orange Pippin apples by Laxton Brothers nursery in 1897 in Bedfordshire, England. They received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1919 and were officially introduced in 1922.