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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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