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Laxton's Cropper
A heavy cropping late season plum which keeps well
Origin: Bedfordshire UK, 1906
Pollination: Laxton's Cropper is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Laxton's Cropper
Raised by Laxton Bros at Bedford, UK in 1906 and introduced in 1931.Medium large fruit. Bloomy blue-black skin. Firm, juicy yellow flesh with a fair flavour. Best used as a culinary plum. The fruit hangs on the tree well into October without deteriorating and will keep well in storage.
Moderate sized tree with a pendulous habit. Self-fertile with regular heavy crops sometimes overcropping.
Characteristics of Laxton's Cropper plum and gage trees
| Use | Culinary |
| Colour | Blue |
| Flavour | |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | |
| Season of use | Sep |
| Tree vigour | |
| Tree habit | |
| Fruit-bearing | |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Pollination date | 20 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-fertile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Aylesbury Prune Victoria |
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