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Lord Lambourne
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
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.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Parentage:
- James Grieve x Worcester Pearmain
- Mother to:
- Prince Charles
- Rubin
- Karmen
- Zlatava
- Father to:
- Birgit Bonnier
- Sports:
- Lady Lambourne
- Russet Lambourne
Accession No.
1979 - 173
- Accession name
- Lord Lambourne (EMLA 1)
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 56.04 mm 1
- Width
- 68.47 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019