Lamb's Seedling

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised 1866-1867 at Meynell Langley, Derby, by Joseph Lamb. Fruits have soft, coarse, slightly acid flesh.

Synonyms:
Langley Pippin

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)

Parentage:
Northern Greening x Unknown

Size
large ^b

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^b

Shape
Truncate conical ^b

Height
60.50 mm ^b

Width
73.00 mm ^b

Ribbing
weak ^b

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^b

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^b

Over Colour
Orange ^b

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ^b

Greasiness
Medium ^b

Firmness
soft ^b

Coarseness
coarse ^b

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^b

Accession No.
1933 - 003   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Lamb's Seedling

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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