Lord Suffield
syn. Bishop's Hero, Lady Suffield, Lady Sutherland, Livesay's Imperial, Livesley's Imperial, Seffild
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Thomas Thorpe, a Weaver, from Middleton, near Manchester, England. It was first distributed in about 1836. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with an acid flavour. Cooks well, breaking up completely.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 30th April (10%) · 4th May (full) · 12th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Narrow conical
- Width
- 69.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 76.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium-strong
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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