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 .

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laxton ' s fruit tree manual , produced by laxton brothers of bedford . printed .
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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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 .
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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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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
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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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center rock , inc. is a manufacturer of drilling equipment headquartered in berlin , pennsylvania .

the company was founded in 1998 by brandon w. fisher .

center rock made headlines in 2002 when its equipment was instrumental in the quecreek mine rescue in pennsylvania , in which nine miners were rescued after being trapped for 78 hours in a flooded mine .

in 2010 , center rock assisted in the rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days as a result of the copiapó mining accident in chile .

the company provided a special hammer bit for the drill that enabled a rescue shaft to be completed much faster than originally anticipated .

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2 , 000 - foot hole bored by a drill made by center rock of berlin , pa .
at center rock , our priority is to get you down the hole safely , productively , and efficiently .
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rudy lyon , lead product designer for center rock , drives our rock drilling research , design , development , marketing , and operations activities . he holds numerous downhole and water - powered rock drilling patents .
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center rock has a full range of face designs , button configurations , and shank styles in many sizes up to a 20″ ( 508 mm ) head to match the application and rock they are drilling in .
tom foy , 61 , who still lives in berlin , was one of the quecreek miners but has worked for center rock for nearly five years .
center rock owner brandon fisher , just back tuesday night from chile , fielded dozens of interview requests — and hoped to sneak away for some sleep .
center rock manufacturers a full line of air rock drilling tolls and accessories including our down the hole ( dth ) hammers and bits from 3 . 5″ to 36″ ( 89 - 914 mm ) diameter , casing advancing overburden drilling systems , and are a leading global manufacturer / supplier of the cri standard , revers circulation , hdd and utility multi - hammer lp canister drills . coupled with outstanding service , center rock is a one stop rock drilling shop capable of supplying the tools for your rock drilling requirements .
center rock’s drill used advanced drilling technology to break through to the chilean miners trapped 2 , 070 feet underground at the san jose mine in copiapo , chile .
although quecreek helped put center rock on the map , it was the company ' s lp drill — or low - profile drill — developed five years ago that has seen the company grow from 16 to 75 employees and put the company at the center of the chilean rescue , dorcon said .
center rock inc , berlin , pa back in pennsylvania , center rock inc , a small company in berlin , heard that the mine rescue could take until christmas . brandon fisher , president and ceo , and richard soppe , manager of dhd sales & product development , knew that center rock’s technology could help aid in the rescue of the 33 miners , and return them to their families long before the projected date of christmas . julie fisher , director of sales , immediately contacted the southern alleghenies planning and development commission . this agency helps to connect pennsylvania manufacturing companies with trade representatives throughout the world in order to grow international trade . there was currently a representative in chile to help center rock make contact with the proper people to present their ideas and technology . concurrently , one of center rock’s distributors , drillers supply international , owner greg hall , cypress , texas , and drillers supply s . a . , owner mijali proestakis , antofagosta , chile , reached out to center rock about the availability of their tools . drillers supply was an integral part in convincing the chilean officials to accept their plan . their team virtually eliminated the language barriers . igor proestakis , a field engineer for drillers supply , picked the center rock crew up from the airport when they arrived in chile , dropped them off when they left , and every day in between . igor , along with greg and mijali were on the rescue site the entire time with center rock . this was the creation of what the world came to know as “plan b” .
schramm inc . of west chester , pa . , makes the t - 130 drill used to make the hole ; center rock makes the 28 - inch wide canisters that function as the bit . each canister contains four air hammers and four drill bits that move in tandem to dig through rock .
nothing is more important to drilling success than drill bits that cut straight and fast through all types of rock . that’s why we offer our customers the best value in rock drilling bits .
foy said center rock volunteered to help in chile after officials there confirmed the miners were still alive aug . 22 , but said soon afterward that they expected it would take until christmas to dig a rescue shaft .
center rock offers one of the most complete lines of down the hole drills and downhole bits ranging from 3 . 5” – 36” ( 89mm – 914mm ) which are designed for peak performance in all rock drilling applications including but not limited to ; foundation & geotechnical drilling , blasthole drilling in quarries & mines , waterwell & geothermal boreholes , oil & gas underbalanced drilling , horizontal directional drilling , and utility transmission & distribution rock sockets .
at the colorado school of mines rock physics lab we research rock and fluid properties for exploration and reservoir monitoring . much of our work relates to energy exploration and ground water reservoir monitoring . our most current projects center on fluid distributions in rocks and how these distributions affect characteristics such as wave attenuation , velocity dispersion , and seismic signature .
center rock force ® ( rf ) hammers feature a high efficiency and tunable valved air cycle to optimize performance on your compressor . many models also feature a heat resistant steel valve which keeps on working even in the most demanding quarry and mining applications .
brandon fisher , left , president of center rock , the pennsylvania company whose hammer - style drill heads created the hole that reached the 33 trapped miners in chile , poses for the press with colleague richard soppe at the san jose mine near copiapo , chile .
roto loc® is an overburden rock drilling system for casing advancement , developed by center rock , inc . with wings that lock in place and are easily retractable , roto loc® is able to drill straight , full diameter holes through any formation , including pinnacle limestone and karst . roto loc® saves you money because there isn’t any expensive starter casing j - teeth or ring bits needed .
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center rock has a brief , but storied , history . founded in 1998 , the company ' s profile rose appreciably in july 2002 , when it pitched in during a similar rescue to free nine miners trapped underground for more than three days in the flooded quecreek mine a few miles away .
center rock was founded in 1998 by brandon fisher , a former ingersoll - rand sales rep for the east coast . fisher knew the drilling industry lacked a product provider that could also quickly react to customer on - site needs . in other words , he built us as a servicing manufacturer .
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they said , ' well , heck , they ain ' t getting out till christmastime , and i know and brandon knows and we all knew we could get down to them faster than that ,
foy said .
we proved that center rock is a little company , but they do big things .
in the next few days , the first 40 meters of the rescue shaft was cased to reduce the danger of any falling rock . center rock’s now three person crew in chile , brandon , richard , and julie fisher , who had flown to chile two weeks before the break through , came home on tuesday , october 12th . they watched the rescue unfold with many of their fellow employees at the berlin , pa office , feeling an enormous sense of pride and teamwork .
underground construction technology / utility / horizontal drilling can be a challenge and the low profile ( lp ) drill series from center rock is up to the task . the advanced engineering of the drills provides a cost effective solution for rock drilling and excavation requirements up to 144″ ( 3657 . 6 mm ) in diameter . our drills have been used by some of the nation’s largest building , roadway , and mining contractors to quickly drill holes to the exact size required by their specifications .
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as rescuers brought 33 chilean miners one by one in a metal capsule through a 2 , 000 - foot hole bored by drill bits made by center rock inc . of berlin , pa . , workers in the small southwestern pennsylvania community occasionally paused their daily routines to follow computer news feeds . lunch was brought in to help them celebrate .
october 9 , 2010 ( the san jose mine in copiapo , chile ) – the center rock drill being used to reach trapped miners more than 2 , 000 feet underground , often referred to as “plan b” by the media , has broken through to the miners today , far ahead of the earlier projections that drilling might take until christmas .
center rock’s cr line of down - the - hole drills are reliable drilling workhorses that stand up to the most demanding conditions you can find . a valveless air cycle provides consistent drilling performance and reliability foot after foot and year after year . some models are available with integrated jetted backheads as well as bit retainer systems for deep - hole drilling applications .
president & ceo dave pietrzykowski ( dave p ) says ; “challenge us and you will be pleasantly surprised with how rapidly we can respond when it comes to designing , manufacturing , and delivering quality drill bits , downhole drills , accessories , and other specialty drilling products . more and more drillers are choosing center rock products to help get the job done right . ”
center rock is an exclusive north american distributor for wassara water hammers . wassara technology uses water to power the hammer . this makes it the ideal choice for most drilling applications in ground engineering – for drilling in sensitive areas as well as for drilling long straight holes . the water - powered dth hammer is capable of penetrating any formation such as ; hard rock , boulders , concrete , limestone , granite , till , water - rich formations and dense clay while maintaining speed and straightness . the jet grouting hammer also enables jet grouting in one single pass .
proud employees of a small drilling company too remote to have cable television found themselves wednesday at the center of the world ' s biggest news story — but they still had to get the day ' s work done .
cri’s rock xtreme ® ( rx ) line of dhd’s represent the cutting edge of rock drilling and technology . high performance , outstanding reliability , simplicity , and low operating cost are the primary features of the rx line . the low cost , tube - free , and robust rx bit will deliver unmatched reliability and life to keep you in the hole .
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once the 26″ lp drill broke through to the miners on october 9th , center rock’s and the entire worlds’ prayers had been answered . richard soppe stated , “it was the greatest moment of my life when we broke into that mine ahead of time and knew that those 33 guys were going to come out alive . ” brandon fisher , agreeing with richard , said , “i think it was the most amazing feeling that anyone who was out there will feel their entire life . ”
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as we broaden our search for new energy sources and as our geophysical data and resolution continue to improve , we will also need to be concerned with issues such as phase changes , fluid - rock interaction , compositional heterogeneity , and thermal effects .
from the beginning on august 5 , 2010 , there was a major mine collapse at the san jose mine in the atacama desert near copiapo , chile . to the world’s disbelief , 17 days later , the 33 miners that signed into the mine that day had all survived the collapse of 700 , 000 tons of rock and had made their way to a safe room .
richard soppe , our sales and r & d manager for downhole drilling products , has more than 35 years of genuine drilling experience , including major projects such as the world’s first and second live lake taps ( 20’ - diameter shafts , 100’ - deep under 250’ of water ) . he also worked extensively on the alaskan pipeline and the beaver dam in arkansas , overcoming the longest , deepest , hardest rock overlapping pile secant wall ever undertaken .
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but machines still needed to be oiled , floors still needed to be swept — and somebody still had to answer the phones , which were ringing off the hook .
we still have customers who still need products today , so we ' re working and we ' re celebrating ,
inside sales manager becky dorcon told the associated press .
the kids won ' t let me go back ,
said foy , a married father referring to his four children , ages 34 to 38 .
i gave the mining up . i wasn ' t about to put them through that again .
in an exclusive interview with the daily american of somerset , fisher said he and wife , sales director julie fisher , were back in berlin in time to watch on television as the first miner was pulled from the hole where he and his colleagues had been trapped since aug . 5 .
fisher , 38 , and richard soppe , 58 , his director of construction and mining tools , spent 37 days with scant sleep drilling the rescue shaft . julie fisher joined them about two weeks ago , and relatives and friends gathered to welcome them home tuesday .
when i saw the first guy looking healthy , that ' s what it ' s all about ,
fisher told the newspaper .
but the mission is not over until the last guy is out .
fisher was especially drawn to miner mario sepulveda espina , with whom fisher interacted by video during the drilling process .
espina , the second miner pulled from the shaft , made made a bizarre request while still underground : wigs . officials granted espina ' s request , fisher told the daily american , and the miner wore one in front of a video monitor , joking about what shampoo did to his hair — perhaps a reference to a commercial in which a wig - clad troy polamalu blames his big hair on shampoo .
he was a practical joker ; he used humor to keep the morale up ,
fisher told the newspaper .
everybody here has been giving 110 percent since the day brandon got in contact with the people of chile and it was thought he was going and our tools were going to be used ,
she said .
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the 33 miners were rescued flawlessly , approximately one miner every 25 minutes , beginning late night october 12th and all day on october 13th .
33 chilean miners , found to be alive in the 33rd week of the year , 33 days of drilling , rescued on 10 / 13 / 10 , which equals 33 when added together .
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detecting pore fluids and their effects are the ultimate goals of almost all geophysical and petrophysical investigations . we strive to identify fluid types , extract their properties , predict pore pressures , and detect fluid motion . the important aspects of fluids are as much a function of their chemistry , distribution , and mobility as well as their simple bulk properties . common pore fluids include hydrocarbons , carbon dioxide , drilling mud filtrates , water , and brines . properties can be quite diverse . hydrocarbons can range from light gases to semi - solid heavy oils . heavy oils are of particular interest recently because of their new significance as a dominant hydrocarbon resource . seismic properties of these fluids , such as bulk and shear moduli ( yes , heavy oils have a shear modulus ) are dominated by the content of high - molecular - weight components .
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mazumdar shaw medical centre is an nabh-accredited tertiary care hospital , inside nh health city , bommasandra industrial area , bangalore , india .

the facility is owned in partnership by the director of biocon limited , kiran mazumdar shaw and the founder and chairman of the narayana health group , dr. devi prasad shetty .

the hospital performs organ transplants and provides cancer therapy .

the hospital was established in the year 2000 and operates a bone marrow transplantation unit with a focus on the treatment of thalassemia .

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the unit also operates the mazumdar-shaw cancer center , which was established in 2009 for organ-specific cancer care .

in 2013 , mazumdar shaw medical centre launched a rural cancer surveillance program ' , in partnership with narayana health , to promote awareness of and conducting preliminary screening of head and neck cancers in rural areas of karnataka , india .

the hospital 's specialities include anesthesia and critical care , oral and maxillofacial surgery , oncology , pediatric surgery , plastic surgery , and thoracic surgery it also has facilities for emergency and trauma services , radiology and medical imaging , a blood bank , laboratories , an ambulance service .

mazumdar shaw medical centre

vice president & medical director mazumdar shaw medical center was present at the occasion .
mazumdar shaw center for translational research ( msctr ) is located in mazumdar shaw medical center , narayana hrudayalaya health city . the center comprises the following research groups
, clinical director - mazumdar shaw medical center & sr . consultant hematologist & head of bone marrow transplant unit , narayana health city
she built a 1 , 400 - bed mazumdar - shaw cancer centre in 2009 in bangalore , specializing in head and neck , breast and blood - related cancers .
a file photo of kiran mazumdar - shaw , founder of biocon . photo : hemant mishra / mint
major s nanjundiah and shanta nanjundiah cancer centre inaugurated by nobel laureate prof . md . / pr newswire india /
major s nanjundiah and shanta nanjundiah cancer centre inaugurated by nobel laureate prof . md . yunus at narayana multispeciality hospital , mysore
, the chief guest for the event inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp along with heads of various departments of oncology at mazumdar shaw cancer center . mrs . yamini is the mother of
with all super - speciality tertiary care facilities that the medical world offers , narayana health is now a one - stop healthcare destination for all .
i am immensely pleased to dedicate this cancer centre named after my in - laws to the people of mysuru . we are also grateful to dr .
with a built - up area of 30 , 000 sq . ft . , the cancer center will provide high quality services for early detection , prevention and treatment of all types of cancers covering medical , surgical and radiation oncology services . it has a linear accelerator capable of treating 90 % of the prevalent cancers . hematology and bone marrow transplant services will be linked to mazumdar shaw cancer center at narayana health city in
having made a significant contribution to the cancer centre with deep sentiments attached to the royal city of mysuru being their ancestral place were also present on the occasion along with guests of honour mr .
mazumdar shaw cancer center at narayana health city celebrated world cancer day on 4th february and the place was resonating with positive vibes . cancer survivors , patients , their families , nurses , doctors and the staff of nh came together to be part of world cancer day that marked the launch of cancer support group .
bengaluru : ever since bill gates and warren buffet came up with the giving pledge in 2010 , the one where billionaires take an informal vow to give away half of their wealth , only one indian , information technology czar azim premji , was part of this billionaire group of givers . on wednesday , kiran mazumdar - shaw became the second .
mazumdar shaw center for translational research ( msctr ) has been established with the aim of developing scientific breakthroughs resulting in more effective and affordable healthcare for a wide range of human diseases and conditions . the center provides an interface for the integration of engineering , science and medicine in a discovery - centered environment towards the development of new treatment modalities .
and his team of professionals who will manage the services of this centre , offering high quality cancer care to people from all walks of life . this is our humble way of giving something back to the city , which was our ancestral abode for almost a century ,
totally , 154 signatories from 16 countries have so far vowed to part with their wealth , and only two of them are indian residents . coincidentally , both premji and shaw are from bengaluru .
the 63 - year old shaw , founder of biocon ltd , took the pledge along with other billionaires including marc benioff , founder of urltoken inc , and joe gebbia , co - founder of airbnb .
seventeen new signatories , who had signed the pledges during the course of 2015 , were inducted to be part of this group on wednesday . shaw had committed to being part of the pledge late last year .
. with the commencement of the cancer unit at narayana multispeciality hospital , people living in and around mysore district now have access to quality and affordable cancer screening and treatment facilities closer home . the centre will reach out to over 60 % of people from the weaker sections of society in and around mysore through various community initiatives .
shaw , for one , who was among the eight indian women in asia’s 50 power businesswomen 2016 list , released by forbes in april , and also part of forbes’ top philanthropists in asia pacific for 2013 , has been quite vocal about giving .
ever since shaw took her company public in 2004 , she has been ploughing back the money her company makes towards this cause . since 2005 , she’s donated over $ 33 million towards philanthropic causes , especially in diagnosing and researching the disease , according to the forbes report .
p . n . c . menon , chairman and founder of sobha group , who is of indian origin , also took the pledge .
“this new group joining the giving pledge is incredibly thoughtful about their desire to give back and help solve the world’s toughest challenges through philanthropy , ” said bill gates , co - chair of the bill & melinda gates foundation . “some have been giving for decades and others are just starting out after building successful businesses , but they all see the value of giving in a bold and effective way . ”
the giving pledge was initially launched with 40 families in the us to address society’s most pressing problems , by inviting the world’s wealthiest individuals and families to commit to giving more than half of their wealth to philanthropy either during their lifetime or in their will .
mumbai and bengaluru are counted as the philanthropic capitals of the country and bengaluru accounted for over 90 % of the money that was donated by the billionaires in india , according to china - based leading luxury - lifestyle publisher hurun’s india philanthropy list for 2015 .
even though india does not boast of as many philanthropists as the us does , the country is seeing this group grow .
bain & co . ’s philanthropic report 2015 said the country has added more than 100 million donors since 2009 . and from just 14 % of the adult population that donated cash in 2009 , by 2013 the proportion doubled . in fact , more than a third of current donors expect their donations to increase in the next five years , said the report .
amit chandra , managing director , bain capital advisors and a philanthropist , said people are quiet because the scale of their giving is disproportionately small to their wealth , while there are others who believe it’s best kept quiet for spiritual or cultural reasons .
“society also celebrates and respects those who are using their wealth for good , while coming down hard on those who splurge the first time they falter . all this will create the environment for much more openness about one’s giving in the coming years , ” says chandra .
the first - generation entrepreneur has been using her wealth to help people combat cancer and it was the loss of a close friend to the disease , which got her started on this journey .
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. his holiness jagadguru sri shivarathri deshikendra mahaswamiji of srikshethra , sutturu graced the occasion in the presence of dr .
, mla , n r constituency , mr . k r mohan kumar , chairman , muda and dr . c g betsurmath , commissioner , mysuru city corporation .
. there are very few facilities in the rest of karnataka to diagnose and treat cancer . i wish to thank the state government of karnataka for their wholehearted support in helping us to bring quality healthcare to mysuru and adjoining districts
, out of which 1 . 4 lakh are in karnataka alone and are estimated to increase at the rate of 35 , 000 patients a year . in the past few months , narayana multispeciality hospital had organized mobile breast cancer screening camps , hematology clinic as well as surveillance programs for head and neck cancer awareness and screening . according to cancer specialists , head and neck cancer is the most prevalent apart from gastrointestinal , cervical and breast cancer that are commonly seen in this region .
, it is located on a 10 - acre property with 200 beds in its first phase , the hospital has several benchmarking practices which are aimed at offering quality healthcare services accessible and affordable to all . offering a wide range of services across 23 specialties , supported with multiple operation theatres and state - of - art diagnostic facilities , the hospital is designed to accommodate 2000 opd patients on a daily basis and has treated close to 1 , 41 , 300 patients till date .
a one - of - its - kind initiative of providing free shuttle service for its patients from the hospital to mysore city was introduced in order to ensure better access to quality healthcare . the hospital is also connected to narayana multispeciality clinic in the city of mysore . patient care programs such as ' care companion ' , was formulated and are being rolled - out in this hospital to ensure continuity of care and patient empowerment .
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saket was diagnosed with thalassemia major just a few months after his birth . he underwent blood transfusion for more than 24 years till relief came in the form of bone marrow transplant ( bmt ) with his sister being the matched donor . bone marrow transplant in older children and adults having
is a very complex procedure due to which this youth from jaipur was refused treatment at a few hospitals . however ,
took up his case after conducting few preliminary tests and successfully cured him from thalassemia with the matching bone marrow from his sister .
thalassemia is a disease in which red blood cell production is less and also destruction is more . if left untreated more than 90 % of these patients die by age of two years . these patients need life - long blood transfusion every three to four weeks . over a period of time , it may result in overload of iron in the blood due to repeated transfusion affecting the liver and heart causing death .
bone marrow transplant is the only potential cure for this dreaded disease and fortunately saket ' s sister , who was hla matching with him , came as a savior . blood transfusion comes with its problems of iron overload , infection and reactions . in view of his advanced age and high risk nature , we took special precautions during the transplant process . now he is more than seven months post transplant and is cured of his disease .
this gives hope to older thalassemia patients in their adolescence and youth to get cured with bone marrow transplant . the transplants are usually done between related donors ( siblings ) , matched unrelated donors ( non - family members ) or haplo - identical donors ( parents ) .
for giving me a new lease of life and helping me survive this disease .
earlier i had to go through blood transfusion every 3 to 4 weeks , but with advancement in technology and medicine , i am completely cured after undergoing bmt procedure .
i cannot thank my sister enough who actually gave me a new birth by donating her bone marrow to cure my thalassemia .
largest bone marrow transplant unit , which recently completed more than 500 bmt procedures . dr . jaison ( name changed ) , the 500th bmt patient is a 47 - year - old male diagnosed with multiple myeloma and initially treated with chemotherapy followed by an autologous
. we have an excellent team to treat both adult as well as pediatric cases and we have treated children as young as 3 months of age .
bmt has been the standard treatment of choice in a large number of malignant disorders such as leukemia , lymphoma , myeloma and neuroblastomas apart from conditions such as thalassemia , aplastic anemia and immunodeficiency disorders .
we are emerging as a leading bmt unit in the country and on this occasion of having completed more than 500 procedures at our unit in health city , we will treat one bmt patient every month at 5 lakh rupees , which is less than 50 percent of the cost .
operated by our company ' s associate company , health city cayman islands ltd . ) with 5442 operational beds and the potential to reach a capacity of up to 6 , 602 beds currently . narayana health has a network of 23 hospitals ( multispeciality and superspeciality healthcare facilities which provide tertiary care services ) , 8 heart centres ( superspeciality units which are set up in a third party hospital ) and 24 primary care facilities ( including clinics and information centres ) , across a total of 31 cities , towns and villages in
largest bone marrow transplant units . nh health city operates a stem cell bank .
, clinical director and head of bone marrow transplant unit termed the event as a ' celebration ' since many cancer survivors , patients , family members , doctors and staff of nh had gathered together to celebrate world cancer day and create awareness with the theme of ' we can . i can ' in the context of launching cancer support group on the occasion . the theme aims to convey the message that we can combat cancer jointly encouraging the patients also to be positive and courageous during the treatment process .
unveiled the emblem of cancer support group marking the launch of this initiative and termed the day as cancer fighter day and not a ' survivors meet ' .
do not shy away from cancer , tell your family and your doctor about it and always see the positive side of everything ,
she said .
is our hero . despite undergoing eleven operations , this 84 - year - old lady is the most positive person i have seen ,
said dr . paul . he shared a few of his experiences with patients who dared to fight cancer and survive . the fight against cancer is not about doctors and their treatment , but the courage and the support by all the other teams in the hospital and at home that contributes to the cure of cancer . they all give in to improve the quality of life of the cancer patient .
, clinical director , hematologist & head of bone marrow transplant unit , dr .
, head of surgical oncology and consultant head & neck onco - surgeon , dr .
there is no age for cancer . anybody can be susceptible depending on lifestyle and genetic factors though the risk increases with age
head and neck cancer is a cancer caused due to bad habits . tobacco and gutka chewing is very harmful
being a lady itself is a risk of breast cancer ; the other major risk being obesity . the later you have your first period and earlier you have your menopause , it is better for women . only 2 % of all breast cancers occur in men
cancer is curable when diagnosed early . therefore , the right diagnosis is most important
vaccinate girls between the age of 19 to 26 to safeguard them from various types of women - related cancers such as ovarian cancer , cervical cancer etc .
53 % to 55 % of cancer patients suffer from mental illness as per indian data . this is manifested due to fear , anxiety and depression . suppressing these emotions causes somatic problems that result in mental illness . these are the psychological aspects in cancer patients . 75 % of care givers had depression as per a study done at nh . cancer management also includes care giver management -
cancer survivors shared their experiences and were an inspiration to other cancer patients present on the occasion . many volunteered to be part of the cancer support group .
cancer is not an evil . it can be concurred - message from a cancer survivor .
operated by our company ' s associate company , health city cayman islands ltd . ) with 5442 operational beds as on december 08 , 2015 and the potential to reach a capacity of up to 6 , 602 beds . as on december 08 , 2015 , our company had a network of 23 hospitals ( multi - speciality and super - speciality healthcare facilities which provide tertiary care ) , 8 heart centres ( super - speciality units which are set up in a third - party hospital ) and 24 primary care facilities ( including clinics and information centres ) , across a total of 31 cities , towns and villages in