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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Lady Lambourne

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

A sport of Lord Lambourne claiming to have a much brighter colour. Found in about 1945 at Appleby Fruit Farm, Kingston Bagpuize, Berkshire. Fruits are juicy and sweet with a good aromatic flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Lady Lambourne United Kingdom, about 1945
- Sport of Lord Lambourne United Kingdom, 1907
  - Seed parent James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
    - Parent Potts' Seedling United Kingdom, about 1849
    - Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
  - Pollen parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
    - Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678

Where Lady Lambourne came from. The lines lead to its parents: Lord Lambourne (United Kingdom).

Sources

Lady Lambourne (accession 1977 - 148), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid september).