Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Lord Lambourne
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
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.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- 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
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Pollen parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Seed parent James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
Offspring in the atlas
- Birgit Bonnier × Cortland; Sweden
- Lady Lambourne United Kingdom, about 1945
- Prince Charles × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, between 1940 and 1945
- Rubin × Golden Delicious; Czechia, 1960
6 varieties in the atlas descend from Lord Lambourne.
Sources
- Lord Lambourne (accession 1979 - 173), 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).
