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Lane’s Prince Albert
type: Culinary, Dessert, Juice, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Lane, Lane Prince Albert, Lane’s, Lane’s Albert, Perkin’s, Prince Albert, Profit, Victoria & Albert
summary: A heritage British cooking apple, frequently used for making juice. Also makes wonderful apple pies. Too tart for eating out of hand unless held in storage for several weeks.
identification: Medium to large and round to round-flattened. The skin is glossy, green maturing to pale yellow. More than half the apple is washed pale red over which are broken, bright red stripes. Light coloured lenticels are visible on the blushed face. The calyx is small and tightly closed, set in a shallow and wide basin which is often surrounded by a lightly knobbed crown. The stem is short and slender, set in a moderately deep and funnel shaped cavity. Smooth and shiny.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained and tender. Juicy and acidic.
origins: Originated as a pippin of Russet Nonpareil and Dumelow's Seedling planted and raised in the first half of the 1800s by Thomas Squire, a gardener in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire (U.K.). He introduced the fruit as Albert and Victoria following the procession of Queen Victoria and Prince Consort Albert in the area in 1841. Subsequently, Henry Lane of H. Lane & Sons Nursery in Berkhamsted acquired cuttings from this tree and began to propagate it at his own nursery and exhibited the apples under the name Lane's Prince Albert at the October 26, 1857 meeting of the British Pomological Society. It was a popular garden and market apple until the mid-1900 when it was subject to the overwhelming pressure of newer varieties.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, compact tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Harvests are annual with only a slight tendency to produce biennially. Does not tolerate sulfur applications which are necessary prevent powdery mildew.
cold storage: Keeps up to five months.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to both canker and scab, some susceptibility to powdery mildew. Prone to mildew which can be a problem since the variety is also intolerant of sulphur which is the primary treatment for this condition. Resistant to scab and canker.
harvest: Early in the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 13
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 5
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