Lord Suffield
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
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.
- Synonyms:
- Bishop's Hero, Lady Suffield, Lady Sutherland, Livesay's Imperial, Livesley's Imperial, Seffild
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Croft Pendarren)
- Shape
- Narrow conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 76.00mm 2
- Width
- 69.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium-strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
2000 - 063
- Accession name
- Lord Suffield
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
4th MayFull (80%) flowering 12th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid August 1


- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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