Lord Lambourne
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1907 by Laxton Bros. Ltd. at Bedford, England and introduced by them in 1923. It received the Bunyard Cup from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1921 and an Award of Merit in 1923. Fruits have slightly coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- moderately sweet, aromatic
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate to flat, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 63 mm
- Over colour
- flushed red and darker red stripes
- Flesh colour
- cream
- Fruit height
- 51 mm
- Flesh texture
- fine, firm, crisp
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 68.47 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 56.04 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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