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other apples introduced by laxton’s are: barnack orange, laxton’s advance, laxton’s early crimson, laxton’s epicure, laxton’s fortune, laxton’s favourite, laxton’s herald, laxton’s leader, laxton’s pearmain, laxton’s peerless, laxton’s reward, laxton’s royalty, laxton’s superb, laxton’s triumph, laxton’s victory, and lord lambourne .
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63 edward de v. corocan, wine merchant 63a laxton brothers william and edward open a shop selling seeds
developed by the laxton brothers nursery in the early 1900s. it’s still grown commercially on a small scale. it remains…
the company also introduced plum varieties such as early laxton, laxton’s gage, and laxton’s supreme .
laxton’s fortune apples were developed 1904 by laxton brothers, bedfordshire, england from a cross between cox’s orange pippin apple and the wealthy apple. they were introduced 1931 and received the award of merit from the royal horticultural society in 1932 .
laxton' s superb was first introduced in the uk during 1922, raised by laxton brothers in bedford. the company first started business in 1885 and sadly they went into voluntary liquidation in 1957. at that time it was bought by bunyard nurseries (now also not trading) and a joint catalogue for the two companies was produced for a couple of years .
there were two other brothers, stephen, who was abbot of clairvaux, and peter, also a cleric, but they died before the bishop, and as none of the brothers had any children, their inheritance passed to their nephews, william sutton and robert de markham, the children of their two sisters. the lexingtons had large estates, and the laxton portion of them came to robert de markham. from william sutton was descended robert sutton, created baron lexington of averham, by charles i, but this branch of the lexington family had no connexion with laxton .
the rectory of laxton was appropriated to the colledge of jesus in rotheram, founded there by thomas rotheram, sometime bishop of lincolne. there was a chantry in the church of laxton, to which lands in laxton did belong .
63 edward de v. corocan, wine merchant 63a laxton bros. , florists
thomas laxton and his successors. the gardeners chronicle, 29 th november, 1930
in 1777 the 3000 acre bishopsoil common was enclosed. laxton grange was built - so called because the land on which it stands was allotted to laxton in the enclosure of bishopsoil. in fact, adjoining land is still owned by laxton church .
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the laxton’s fortune apple is somewhat fragrant and some detect an anise or banana aftertaste .
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laxton’s fortune apples have pale yellowish - green skin with red blushes, and some russeting .
two of the most well - known apples introduced by laxton’s are allington pippin and peasgood nonsuch .
in re: thomas laxton, i don' t know if it' s the same branch of the family (and i' m a complete amateur at this), but check out caldwell county, in the foothills. my understanding from my grandmother is that there were three laxton brothers who settled in that area around the revolutionary war, but i' m not clear on who stayed and who left. sorry i can' t be more helpful, but it might be a start for you .
e. a. l. laxton noted horticulturist and plant breeder. bedfordshire times, 22nd february, 1963
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the brothers concentrated their attention on crossing the best varieties of apples, pears, plums and small fruits. lord lambourne, a dessert apple, raised by laxton bros. in 1907 was awarded the rhs bunyard cup in 1921 and an award of merit in 1925. in about 1900 they set up tollgate nurseries (140 acres) at goldington road, opposite newnham avenue where the university of bedfordshire is now .
one of a number of new varieties developed by the laxton brothers nursery in the uk in the early 1900s and grown commercially on a small scale. it remains a popular garden variety in the uk, but is a noted biennial bearer. it is a useful substitute for cox' s orange pippin (one of its parents), having some of the aromatic flavour of that variety but much easier to grow .
brogdale collections search for laxton in the national fruit collection for details about the many varieties of fruit propagated. urltoken
the town of bedford has since created a community orchard in which it has planted many of the laxton varieties .
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the business was carried on successfully by sons and grandsons, who adjusted the name of the business to “laxton bros (laxton brothers .) ” the business had 140 acres for trials and growing, and a shop in bedford at 63 high street. most of the apple varieties that came out under the laxton name came out under their watch, and they introduced a further 47 varieties of strawberries. in 1897, the company put out a book called “the strawberry manual” (published by hulatt & richardson .) in 1937, winston churchill ordered raspberry plants from them for his chartwell estate in westerham, kent, at a cost of £2 13s 7d .
park wood local nature reserve and community orchard, bedford urltoken the orchard has been stocked with laxton fruit tree varieties .
the following laxton' s fortune trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree .
laxton' s superb deserves to be grown far more frequently than it is in the uk. one of its parents is
thomas laxton was a plant breeder who introduced many new varieties of strawberries, and worked with charles darwin in experiments on peas .
modern florists: messrs laxton' s new shop front. bedfordshire times and independent, 29 th september, 1933 p. 12
laxton' s delicious has beautiful pinky - red fruit with a distinct lavender - blue bloom. the plums are very juicy and have a rich sugary flavour. less prolific than laxton' s cropper, but the plums have a slightly better flavour and keep just as well. although laxton' s delicious is self fertile, yields are likely to be improved by planting with an appropriate pollinator. supplier: r. v. roger ltd. we donate half of our profit on sales of laxton' s delicious plum trees to common ground
the son of thomas laxton, edward was the driving force behind the nursery. in 1888 he went into partnership with his brother william to form laxton bros. by 1890, laxton bros were at 4 - 6 bromham road and subsequently opened a shop at 63a high street, bedford. he was awarded an mbe in the 1951 new year honours and died at 73 bushmead avenue in the same year .
bedfordshire has an extensive list of native apple varieties, many due to the laxton family at their bedford nursery. more details ...
pest and disease resistance for laxton' s superb is very good with high resistance to canker and mildew, two common apple tree problems .
we list below varieties which are suitable pollination partners for laxton' s superb which is in pollination group 4 and partially self - fertile .
in october 1827 thomas and robert bell, aged four and two years, were both killed by the sails of gilberdyke mill. they were living at scalby and their burials are recorded in the blacktoft parish register. nathaniel bell died in 1898 but by then the mill was being run by the harrison brothers. some people will remember the stather family who were the next owners of the mill .
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i' m so sorry! i should have specified that i was talking about caldwell co. , n. c. my apologies, but my grandmother is mary pinkney estes laxton (just in case there is a connection) grandfather was joseph malcolm laxton. thanks for the message, though !
wildman, r. laxton of bedford: the family and firm, bedfordshire magazine, volume 23, number 182, 1992, pp. 244 ff .
readman, sue. laxton of bedford: pioneers of plant - breeding, bedfordshire magazine, volume 23, number 182, 1992. p. 250 ff .
a popular english cox - style variety, with a sweeter flavour and easier to grow, raised by the famous laxton bros. nursery in bedford, uk .
1936 rose trees catalogue had colour photographs of red roses on front and back covers (mrs edward laxton on the front and bedford crimson on the back) .
readman, sue. laxton of bedford: pioneers of plant - breeding, bedfordshire magazine, volume 23, no. 182, 1992. p. 250 ff .
i was just wondering who your grandma was. my husbands great grandfather was the thomas laxton you are speaking of if you are talking caldwell co. missouri. please reply
on a kind of a pew there is engraved a shield with five weeping eyes on it, and robert trafford, vic. de laxton, hoc fieri fecit anno domini 1532 .
veda ann laxton, 104, of fayetteville, passed away peacefully on thursday, april 13, 2017, following a short illness. born on march 4, 1913, in mammoth, wv, to the late george moore and emma proctor moore. veda was a homemaker and a member of fayetteville baptist church. in addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, darrell william laxton; infant daughter, darla ann laxton; 4 sisters, three brothers, and a stepson, ray laxton. she is survived by sons, joe r. moore of mt. lookout, william
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laxton of fayetteville; daughter, carol gilliam of scarbro; brother, john moore of mt. lookout; sister, ilene sizemore of dixie; 8 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends. funeral services for veda will be conducted at 1pm saturday, april 15, 2017, at the high lawn funeral home chapel in oak hill with pastor ron george, jr. , officiating. interment will follow at ida baptist church cemetery in gauley bridge, where family and friends will serve as pallbearers. friends may call from 12pm until the time of services on saturday at high lawn funeral home. online condolences and memories of veda may be shared by visiting www. highlawnfuneralhomechapel. com. professional services by high lawn funeral home, 1435 e. main street in oak hill .
i remember eating a laxton fortune in 1975, grown by pank of sussex, i believe. best apple i' ve ever tasted. does anyone know if the orchard still exists ?
son of edward a. l. laxton, he inherited the horticultural talents and enthusiasm of his father and in 1923 became a partner in the laxton nursery business shortly before his uncle william died. he produced new varieties of fruits, roses and garden peas. tragically he was killed by direct hit on his home at 176 kimbolton road, bedford during an air raid in 1942 .
i have information on the whereabouts of luke laxton from wyoming county west virginia. i am interestedin knowing who you are and why you are looking for him please reply at my e mail adress
fortune is often referred to as laxton' s fortune - do not confuse with the 1995 variety also called fortune, released by cornell university in the usa, a cross of empire and schoharie spy .
the laxton seed catalogues show the huge number of vegetable and flower seeds and many, many varieties, on offer. the same goes for the fruit trees, small fruit and shrubs, and rose catalogues .
( fn. 39) the vicarage of laxton was 10l. when the colledge of rotheram had the patronage,' tis now 11l, value in the kings books, and william pierpoint, esquire patron .
sunset - slightly more acidic compared to laxton' s superb. tip top disease resistance. this is our choice for a container grown tree or for smaller gardens, the apple size is slightly smaller than average .
the son of thomas laxton, in 1888 he formed a partnership with his brother edward and was also the joint owner of a brickworks in kempston hardwick. he died in 1923 at 28, the embankment, bedford .
certainly laxton' s superb has few pest and disease problems and it also withstands the changeable british climate very well. we are hard - pressed to find many weak points with this variety and can find very many positives .
i' ve got a 3 year old laxton' s fortune tree. i love the apples. true they don' t keep, but they are so sweet, aromatic and juicy. mine look spectacular too, deep scarlet .
( fn. 8) matildis de cauz gave the town of ronstone (in lincolneshire, in which county a good share of this barony lay) with the advowson of the church to the knights templars, and it belonged to the preceptory of temple bruer, (i. e. on the heath) to which robert de everingham afterwards gave and confirmed that manor. her husband, adam fitz - peter, and she, gave to god, and saint john, and the monks of pontesract, half the mill of stainburgh, to which deed thomas fitz - peter, and roger fitz - peter, his brothers, and robert his son, amongst the rest were witnesses. he likewise gave and confirmed to them half a bovat in fareburne. his son john for the health of his own soul, and of joane his wife, and for the safety of their bodies, gave and confirmed to the said monks thirteen acres of meadow in smethall, which his said father gave, and two oaks every year against christmas in his wood of byrkin, and one buck in his park, in the feast of st. john before port latin, and half the mill of stainburg, with the suit belonging to the moyety of the mill. peter, and roger, and william, his brothers, were witnesses amongst the rest to his deed .
it' s difficult to suggest alternatives to laxton' s superb because it is an excellent variety for uk gardeners with other varieties finding it difficult to compete. when considering alternatives to laxton' s, the key features to look for are a mid to late season apple tree, good looking green / red skin, long storage capabilities. it should also be partially or fully self - fertile and have excellent taste and aroma. the following have some or all of those characteristics :
fiesta - slightly less sweet compare to laxton' s superb but still lots of apple flavour. this variety has no real drawbacks, a great tasting apple with good looks and excellent pest and disease resistance. produces apples slightly earlier in the year .
( fn. 37) there was a quare impedit recovered, 13 e. 4. by richard roos, esquire, against isabell roos, widow, robert roos, esq; and william roos, chaplain of the advowson of the church of laxton .
we have a laxton' s fortune in our garden in harrogate. it has fruited really well this year. we had it identified last year by rhs harlow carr who were offering a free apple identification day. delicious juicy red apples with red flashes inside .
all our plum trees, including laxton' s delicious, are bare root. at the height of the lifting season - between november and march - there may be up to a month? s delay between placing the order and dispatching due to pressure of orders, which are dealt with in date sequence, and the weather. orders for laxton' s delicious plum trees from march to september are confirmed in late october / early november ready for dispatch from november. please consult our planting and care guide on receipt of your order .
the mother of this variety is wyken pippin which was grown in holland as far back as the late 1600s and first making an appearance the uk in 1714. the father is cox' s orange pippin so laxton' s superb has a pedigree going back several hundred years .
lillian g. laxton, age 96, of south holland, formerly of hamlet, in, born july 4, 1906 in frankfort, ky, to levi and addie, nee herndon cook, passed away wednesday, feb. 12, 2003 at windmill nursing pavillion, south holland, il, due to an illness. she was a retired school teacher, and she is survived by one son, lowell laxton, of calumet city, il; two sisters, polly davies and frances patton, both of chicago, il; nine grandchildren; and 11 great - grandchildren. she was preceded in death by her husband that passed away in 1993, william laxton, whom she married september 2, 1928 in valparaiso, in; one daughter, darleen robinson; and three brothers. she was a member of hamlet united methodist church where she served as treasurer of philathea class for 20 years; past president of united methodist women of hamlet church; grad of iowa state teacher' s college; past president pta franger h. s. chicago; past president pta mt. vernon elementary school, chicago, she also taught in iowa; co - owner of wildwood motel in hamlet from 1950 - 1976; past president of hamlet women' s club. services will be held saturday, feb. 15, 2003 at 2 p. m. cst, at rannells funeral home, hamlet chapel, 102 w. davis st. , hamlet, in, with rev. jean mccan, officiating. burial will be in fletcher cemetery, hamlet, in. visitation saturday, 10 a. m. cst, until time of services .
returning now to bertha de longvilliers, the other daughter of robert de markham, she inherited, in 1289, the other half of the sub - manor of laxton, and it remained in this family for three generations. the longvilliers were also a prominent nottinghamshire family, resident, possibly, at tuxford, as both sir john and sir thomas de longvilliers founded chantries there in the fourteenth century. in 1361 their laxton property passed to an heiress, agnes de longvilliers, who married reginald de everingham, but as they had no children, this land passed to her next of kin, john stanhope, grandson of her aunt. the stanhopes were a family very prominent in nottinghamshire, with large estates, and the laxton property remained with them through the fifteenth century, until in 1541 sanchia stanhope sold it to mr. augustine hynde, or hinde .
robert de markham died in 1289, leaving no son. his three daughters were cecilia, wife of thomas de bekering, bertha, wife of william de longvilliers, and agnes, wife of william de santa cruce. agnes, left a widow, retired into a convent; the other sisters divided the sub - manor of laxton between them, and the descent of their inheritance can be traced to the present day. it was known as' bekerings manor' for several centuries, but they almost certainly did not live in laxton, having other estates elsewhere in nottinghamshire .
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the average flowering time (optimum time for pollination) and date when fruits are ripe for harvest in the uk for laxton' s superb are set out below. if you have set your home town we can give you a more accurate estimate, if you have not set your home town (
we inherited a laxton' s fortune with a house we bought in bedfordshire in 1978. it was still going strong when we moved away in 2005. the apples were identified for us by a wholesale greengrocer relation as' laxton' s fortune by a bedfordshire grower'. it can sometimes be found on sale as an organic fruit. lovely crispy, juicy apple, it tended to bruise as it was being eaten - even straight from the tree - and it was always a race to harvest the ripe fruit before the starlings found them! we' re now in the process of sourcing a dwarf variety for our norfolk garden .
( fn. 38) the owners of laxton town 1612, are said to be the lord vaux, gilbert roosse, esquire, francis rosse, gent. augustine hynde, thomas chappell, thomas beedam, john shipton, john samon, richard smith, robert grene, rowland taylor, edward snowe, thomas taylor .
peter roos of knesale, his brother, had to wife frances, the daughter of — marshall, and by her four daughters, and a son, gilbert roos, who married elizabeth, the daughter of augustin hinde of laxton morehouse, and died 1661, and left issue, gilbert, peter, mary, frances and troth .
in 1957, both the store and the nursery business were closed. the orchards have all been built over now. it’s not certain what happened to the assets and the intellectual rights: they may have been merged with another nursery at the time called “laxton & bunyard nurseries ltd” that still existed in brampton, huntingdon (cambridgeshire) as of 1969 .
near this town lies a small hamlet called laxton morehouse, where there was a small chapel and lands which belonged to a guild there. laxton morehouse is now the inheritance of augustin hinde, gent. descended from one of that name, alderman of london, and elizabeth his wife, after his decease married to sir john lyon, alderman of london also; she was a lee, as in norwell may be noted; she made her will 10 jan. 1566, which was proved 21 jan. 1569, by which it appears henry lee was her brother, and that by augustin hinde she had four sons, roland, austine, edward and john, and two daughters, one married to edward gresham, who had richard, and the other to—dodsmore .
if some classic apples are slightly acidic for your taste then this variety will be a surprise, it' s slightly sweeter than the accepted
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normal but at the same time it' s truly refreshing and juicy. in our experience many prefer the taste of laxton' s superb to cox' s orange, it' s just possible that some of the apple tasting experts are not quite in touch with popular taste .
augustine hynde was a liveryman of the clothworkers' company and an alderman of the city of london. he was sheriff in 1550, and lord mayor elect of london at the time of his death in 1554. mr. hynde was a representative of a new class that was acquiring land in england at that time, the city merchant who had made money in industry and wanted an investment for it. he left his laxton property to his second son, also augustine, and he and his descendants probably lived there, or at the hamlet of moorhouse, until the eighteenth century. the third augustine hinde sold five farms (about 300 acres) to sir william courten in 1630, and these were included by him in the sale of the rest of laxton to the earl of kingston. the remainder of the hinde property was acquired, at various times, by the denison family, of ossington, who still hold it .
in january 1839 there was a terrible storm which blew down several local mills including the bishopsoil one. it was probably after this that the mill was rebuilt in brick. it was sold in 1854 to john jewitt. the mill was sold again in 1865 to the morrell family who also owned laxton grange. the mill fittings were offered for sale in 1893, as were 70, 000 bricks. it seems likely that this was the demolition date of the mill .
though, as has been shown, laxton has been a manor held in chief of the king by knights' service since the days of the conquest, a sub - manor was created within it at an early date, held, not direct from the crown, but from the lord of the main manor. in the twelfth century a de caux made a grant of land to one richard, of laxton or lexington, in return for certain services. this grant was added to by his successors, the de birkins and de everinghams, and in 1232 these grants were all set out clearly in a royal charter, which confirmed them to richard de lexington' s son, robert, and his heirs. this charter is very interesting, as the lands are described in great detail, and some of them can be identified to - day, as their names, such as eastkirk, southlound, crouchwell, & c, still remain .
once more the property passed in the female line, sir thomas rempston leaving three daughters, elizabeth, wife of john cheyne, isabel, wife of sir brian stapledon, and margaret, wife of richard bingham. elizabeth cheyne had the laxton part of sir thomas' s property, and in 1515 it passed to her granddaughter, another elizabeth cheyne, who married the son of lord vaux of harrowden. some time in the sixteenth century lord vaux sold the laxton property to sir thomas broughton, who had married mary roos, sister of peter roos, the lord of the chief manor. when his son, gilbert roos, sold the manor to the marquis of buckingham, he reserved about 100 acres for his cousin mr. peter broughton. these lands remained with the broughton family until the eighteenth century, when they were bought by the earl of scarborough, of rufford. in 1867 earl manvers acquired the property, in exchange for land in the parish of eakring .
richard de lexington had a very remarkable family, and his sub - manor at laxton passed, in turn, to three of his sons, each famous in his own sphere. the eldest, robert de lexington, was a prebendary of southwell and a judge under king henry iii. in 1240 he was the chief justice itinerant for the northern division of england. the second brother, john, was a clerk in the chancery and also a judge. he was keeper of the great seal during vacancies in the office of chancellor, and he was sent on several missions abroad by the king: in 1241 to the emperor frederick ii, and in 1250 to arrange a truce with france. in 1255 he was chief justice of the forests north of the trent, and tried, at lincoln, the jewish murderers of the boy, hugh of lincoln. he founded a chantry in the church at laxton, dedicated to st. mary and st. thomas the martyr .
whilst most apple varieties are not self - fertile (they cannot pollinate themselves and need a nearby apple tree of a different variety to set fruit) it is interesting that there is a streak of self - fertility running through cox' s orange pippin and its offspring, and laxton' s fortune is partially self - fertile. this means it will probably set light crops even if there is no pollination partner nearby - but cropping will be better with another variety to cross - pollinate the blossom .
laxton' s superb is a reasonably strong growing tree and it produces a large crop of apples. in common with epicure, it can miss cropping on the occasional year especially as the tree ages. the solution to this is to be vigilant and thin the fruit out on those years when it over - produces. this is a self fertile variety although it will crop better when a good pollinator is nearby. click here to go to the bottom of this page and see a list of suitable pollinators .
thomas was born 1830 in tinwell, near stamford, lincolnshire. he began his work as a plant breeder in 1865, interested mostly in peas and strawberries. he started his plant breeding in stamford, then later moved his operations to orchards and fields in bedford, bedfordshire and in nearby girtford in sandy, bedfordshire. he consulted with charles darwin on pea - breeding experiments. laxton was, in fact, close to the genetic discoveries that gregor johann mendel (20 july 1822 – 6 january 1884) would make around the same time .
“recently mr. laxton has made numerous crosses, and everyone had been astonished at the vigour and luxuriance of the new varieties which he has thus raised and afterwards fixed by selection. he gave me seed - peas produced from crosses between four distinct kinds; and the plants thus raised were extraordinarily vigorous, being in each case from 1 to 2 or even 3 feet taller than the parent - forms, which were raised at the same time close alongside. ” — charles darwin. the effects of cross and self - fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. chapter v .
thomas was one of the earliest nurserymen to use scientific methods in plant breeding. he selected parent plants from close observations of their most desirable characteristics rather than simply from well - known varieties as was common at that time. thomas laxtons trials and observations aided the work of charles darwin and were referred to in darwins published works. his aim was to improve the quality of plants, rather than make money and he believed that seed from all commercially produced plants should be saved. three generations of the laxton family and over 100 years of horticultural work raised at least 182 new varieties of plants .
“so, again, mr. laxton, who has had such great experience in crossing peas, writes to me that “whenever a cross has been effected between a white - blossomed and a purple - blossomed pea, or between a white - seeded and a purple - spotted, brown or maple - seeded pea, the offspring seems to lose nearly all the characteristics of the white - flowered and white - seeded varieties; and this result follows whether these varieties have been used as the pollen - bearing or seed - producing parents. ” — charles darwin. the variation of animals and plants under domestication. volume ii. chapter 2. xiv .
in 1425 the laxton property passed to thomas de bekering' s daughter alice, who had married sir thomas rempston, of bingham, notts. sir thomas was a soldier, who went to france in 1415, under henry v, and was at the siege of harfleur and the battle of agincourt. he was with sir john fastolf at the battle of the herrings in 1429, and was taken prisoner by the french under joan of arc, but a large ransom was arranged for him by the english parliament. after the defeat of the english and the end of the hundred years war, sir thomas returned to england, where he supported the yorkist cause at the beginning of the wars of the roses, and died in 1458 .
my neighbour has an apple that could be a laxton fortune but i have never eaten that particular apple to be able to comment. the tree was mature when i moved in 23 years ago so it is obviously an old variety. this apple is red with yellowish / green streaks travelling from top to bottom. the flesh is soft and an almost yellow colour; the flavour is just devine - it has be likened to strawberries but i cannot see the connection. the flesh is not red but it has red
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. when i first ate one i thought my gums were bleeding. i would dearly love to purchase one of these trees so if anyone knows of a grower in the uk that sells them i would appreciate it. failing the purchase of a tree i will try to graft a cutting onto existing apple stock but this is not my ideal solution. s e pearston
( fn. 32) joane was married to sir william elys, who died at saint albans in his journey towards calis, and had a son by her called robert; she after married john de waterton. catherin was wife of sir john etton, son of sir thomas, which sir john had several sons, miles, ivo, william, alexander; but this manor descended to the four daughters & heirs of sir miles eton, who died before his father the said sir john, who held this manor of laxton, with the advowson of the church, and the manors of egmanton, and north leverton, by the courtesie of england, after the death of his wife the said katherin, till 11 h. 6. (fn. 33) that he left it to his grand - children, elizabeth the wife of john northwood, isabell of john roes, margaret of robert moresby, and anne of robert roucliffe .
( fn. 34) the posterity of this john roos got all, or most of this manor by purchase or otherwise; his sons name was robert roos, and he had to wife elizabeth, daughter of sir william midleton, and by her william roos, who married eleoner, daughter of sir christopher wainsford, who brought him humsrey roos, who for his first wife, bad anne, daughter of richard restwold, and his second was margaret linne of southwyke in northamptonshire; (fn. 35) he died 17 july, 13 h. 8. leaving francis roos his son, by his first wife, his heir, which francis by elizabeth his wife, daughter of thomas scrimsal, of morbery in the county of york, had peter roos, who first married — the daughter of sir james harvey, (fn. 36) by whom he had a daughter married to sir griffin markham, and after to his second wife had brigit, the only heir of robert roos of ingmanthorp, by whom he had gilbert and peter. . this woman after her husbands death, married one richard clark, and as the inhabitants say, by her own misfortunes and the wicked unthriftiness of her son the said gilbert roos, the last lord of laxton of this noble race, was reduced to so great poverty, that she gleaned corn amongst other poor people in laxton field. peter roos her husband, had a brother named thomas, of whom there are ma ny grand - children yet alive, and six sisters married, one to— fairfax of gilling, another to — broughton, another to — stapleton, (named in burton jorz ,) another to — schrimshire of norbury, another to — maxfeild, another to— whitmore. gilbert roos married — the daughter of —orrell, afterwards wife of sir peter killegrew, and by her had two daughters, one married to —thomas of the county of essex, who had part of north leverton with her, the other never married .
under the arch, that leads into this place of filth, stands an old tomb almost 6 feet high, on which lie three figures, seemingly a knight and his two wives; but so covered with dust, that i found it difficult to sketch them. the annexed plate, fig. 2. represents the figures. opposite, in the chancel, is an alabaster trunk of another figure, on an old mutilated tomb, head and armless. on the south side of the church lies a loose head, probably once belonging to the trunk above named. near which lies part of a cross legged knight, represented fig. 4. on another old abused tomb lies another trunk of the figure of a man; below which, a figure is represented, fig. 3, same plate. while i viewed with indignation, the insulting devastations around me, the deeds of the modern goths and vandals, in france, rushed, like a rapid stream, into my mind: in idea, i saw the atrocious, if not similar, destruction of the arts in the churches of that once fair country. how has it happened that not one fostering hand has been found in laxton or its neighbourhood, to shelter these monuments of our fore - fathers from the most shameful abuse? could not their uplifted hands, and their prostrate bodies in the solemn acts of prayer for mercy, command respect nor pity? is it left for the present age to despise, contemn, or neglect, the memorials of the pious, the charitable, and the good; the founders of our holy sanctuaries, the munisicent patrons of religious establishments, whose zeal for the service of god was ever marked with dutifulness and obedience ?
( fn. 22) the jury, 9 e. 1. said that adam de everingham held when he died of the king in capite, the moyety of the barony of shelford, where he had a free court from 3 weeks to 3 weeks, the custody of shirewood, this manor, that of north leverton, and gedling, and that robert de everingham was his son and heir; who about 15 e. 1. (fn. 23) left all these matters to his son adam; who 4 e. 2: (fn. 24) had an ad quod damnum returned for settling the manor of westburgh in lincolnshire, on thomas de suthwell, & c: by a fine 7 e: 3: (fn. 25) he settled this manor of laxton on himself for life, and then to adam de everingham his son, who, in 15 e. 3. (fn. 26) he left his heir. he had other sons robert, edmund, alexander, and nicolas. this adam de everingham chr. 33 e. 3. (fn. 27) had an ad quod damnum returned concerning his settling 10l. and 9s. rent in gedling, nottingham, colewyke, stoke bardolf, schelford, newton, and carleton by gedling, and eight marks, and 6s. 8d. rent issuing out of the lands and tenements of the said adam in gedling, on william his son, and alice his wife, (daughter of john grey of codnor ,) william it seems, 43 e. 3. (fn. 28) died before his said father, and so did robert, son of this william; adam died 8 febr. 11 r. 2: (fn. 29) his son reginald de everingham chr. was his heir male, and then aged thirty years; which reginald by his wife agnes, the daughter of john lungvillers, lord of hoghton upon idell, had a great estate, but no issue by her; (fn. 30) but by another wife called joane, he had edm. de everingham, who died at 15 years of age, in the kings custody, (fn. 31) without issue, so that joane, and katherine, his elder brother william de everinghams daughters, were his heirs, as they were their grand - fathers, the said adam, son of adam, & c .
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born in tinwell, rutland, he originally trained as a solicitor. developing an interest in the hybridization of plants, by 1858 he had started plant breeding. in 1872 he began to develop strawberry varieties from his work. moving to bedford in 1879, he is listed in kellys directory in 1885 as seed grower and merchant, at 1 harpur place, bedford (now 41 harpur st, bedford). by the time he had retired in 1890 he was living at 78 tavistock street, bedford. twice married, he had three daughters from his first marriage and four sons from his second .
he became head of the firm in 1951. in 1956 the decision was made to sell off the land belonging to the firm and in 1957 the nursery (the land was overworked) and shop were sold and the firm went into voluntary liquidation .
where to buy at bedford, an illustrated local review, 1891 p. 51. hl bed / whe
modern florists: messrs laxtons new shop front. bedfordshire times & independent, 29 th september, 1933 p. 12
ricketts, bob. the laxtons in bedford (1879 - 1957), bedford architectural archaeological & local history society, newsletter 82, october 2008, pp. 14 - 28
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the nursery that he founded, carried on by his descendants for many generations, became famous for the apple varieties that it introduced .
in 1872, thomas began producing new strawberry varieties. he himself would introduce seventeen varieties in all, including king of the earlies (1888), noble (1884), and royal sovereign (1892. )
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henry john heinz life and times henry john heinz founded a empire of commercially - prepared foods. such products provided convenience to housewives, who previously had to make all their home products from scratch. heinz wasn’t the first to market with such products in america. in fact, imports of british commercially - prepared foods had been underway for several…
charles mason hovey from: fruits of america, vol 1. published 1847 life and times charles mason hovey was born 26 october 1810, cambridge, massachusetts. he is known today for his plant breeding and promotion, particularly with strawberries. he also promoted the zinfandel grape, and was the one who shipped it first to california. charles’s parents…
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i planted two as cordons three years ago. one has succumbed to canker this year, the other has collapsed under its fruit load. i removed all but four apples and we have been eating them for three weeks now, they seem to be happy in a cool kitchen. the stock is m106 and i intend to replant in out orchard this winter and grow as a tree. best flavour we have after a shy ashmead' s kernel
i am getting ready to graft this variety on a tree that i am changing it' s varieties .
the earlier comments say it all: fortune is the best tasting of all dessert varieties, and it is commercially a non - starter because it bruises so easily. but if you have a tree, or know of an orchard, then now (late sep) is the time to get busy. boxford farms (suffolk) used to grow them in substantial quantities, but i expect they may have been grubbed in favour of something saleable .
there is a number of small heritage fruit tree nurseries near christchurch in nz. we got a laxtons fortune apple along with russets and other heritage fruits. plus oh joy - a damson that i haven' t seen since i left dorset in 1984. the orchard is only 3 years old so i can' t wait for the little trees to grow big enough to start producing .
i used to work with fortunes and they are my favourites next to beauty of bath, but can never find either of them in the shops. do you know where i can get any in the poole district ?
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laxton brothers was a business founded by edward augustine lowe laxton mbe ( 1869 – 1951 ) and william hudson lowe laxton ( 1866 – 1923 ) who were notable horticulturists , pioneers of plant breeding and experts on fruit production creating several new strains of fruit such as ' laxtonberry ' , ' laxton 's delicious ' plum tree , laxton 's no. 1 red currant , laxton ’s superb apples and the award winning lord lambourne apple . 
laxton brothers was a business founded by edward augustine lowe laxton mbe (1869 – 1951) and william hudson lowe laxton (1866 – 1923) who were notable horticulturists, pioneers of plant breeding and experts on fruit production creating several new strains of fruit such as' laxtonberry',' laxton's delicious' plum tree, laxton's no. 1 red currant, laxton ’s superb apples and the award winning lord lambourne apple.
laxton brothers was a business founded by edward augustine lowe laxton mbe (1869 – 1951) and william hudson lowe laxton (1866 – 1923) who were notable horticulturists, pioneers of plant breeding and experts on fruit production creating several new strains of fruit such as' laxtonberry',' laxton's delicious' plum tree, laxton's no. 1 red currant, laxton ’s superb apples and the award winning lord lambourne apple.