BEAUTY OF BEDFORD

Apple

Origin/History

Raised by Messrs. Laxton as a hybrid cross of Lady Sudeley and Beauty of Bath.

Tree

Growth habit rather upright. Leaves round, rather large, dark, upfolded, undulated with deeply curved serrate margins.

Fruit

Size: Fairly large, 2¾ by 2¾ inches.

Form: Round conical, flattened at eye.

Skin: Pale yellow with brown-red flush and stripes.

Flesh: Yellow, firm, juicy, and sweet.

Calyx/Eye: Closed, with very broad segments, set in a shallow, ribbed basin.

Stem: Unusually short (one-eighth inch), set in a level or even on a raised bump—a very unusual feature.

Season

September.

Uses

Dessert.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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BEAUTY OF BEDFORD. Dessert, September, fairly large, 2¾ by 2¾, round conical, flattened at eye. Colour, pale yellow with brown-red flush and stripes. Flesh, yellow, firm, juicy and sweet. Eye, closed, very broad segments, in a shallow, ribbed basin. Stem, unusually short, one-eighth inch set in a level or even on a raised bump, a very unusual feature. Growth, rather upright. Leaf, round, rather large, dark, upfolded, undulated, deeply curved serrate. Origin, raised by Messrs. Laxton, Lady Sudeley + Beauty of Bath.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)