Lord Burghley
syn. Bergli, Lord Burghleigh, Lord Burleigh
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised at Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire. First fruited in 1834. It was introduced by Matheson, gardener in 1865 and distributed by the House of Peterborough. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1865. Fruits have very firm, fine-textured, rather dry flesh with a sweet and rich aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 10th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 57.00 mm
- Height
- 44.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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