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Lord Lambourne
type: Dessert, Juice
identification: Medium in size, round and slightly conic. Green base colour which is almost completely covered with an orange flush tending to crimson, particularly on the sun-exposed side. Russet spots as well as some russet networking around the stem. The skin sometimes feels waxy. The stem is short and thin, set in a wide and somewhat deep, russet lined cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, somewhat coarse grained, crisp, very juicy and pleasantly sweet-tart. Distinct strawberry and pear flavour is reminiscent of the Cox’s Orange Pippin which is believed to be one of the parents of the Worcester Pearmain from which this variety derives.
uses: Fresh-eating apple, but also makes an excellent juice.
origins: This is another in a series of apples developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery in Bedforsdshire (U.K.) in the early 1900s. Named after the president of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1923, it is the result of a cross between James Grieve and Worcester Pearmain . Introduced in 1923, it received the Award of Merit from the R.H.S. in 1925.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading, partial tip-bearer. Large cropping annually.
mutations: The Lady Lambourne is a mutation of the Lord Lambourne produced in 1945 and is identical except in its richer colouring. Russet Lambourne is a russeted mutation.
cold storage: Keeps about a month.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab.
harvest: Ready for harvest starting early in the fifth period.
notes: Though distinctly different in taste, tending more to the James Grieve characteristics, the Elton Beauty and Katja cultivars are also James Grieve/Worcester Pearmain crosses.
ploidism: Partially self fertile.
cold storage weeks: 4
brix: 13.5
harvest period: 5
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