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Mrs. Lakeman's Seedling
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1900 by Mrs Lakeman of Stocksfield, Northumberland. Introduced by William Fell & Co., of Hexham. Fruits have crisp, firm, rather coarse flesh with an acid and slightly sweet flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 75.00mm 2
- Width
- 90.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
Accession No.
1930 - 029
- Accession name
- Mrs. Lakeman's Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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