Lord Derby Spur Type
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated at the Hilltop Fruit Farm, Ledbury, Herefordshire on trees planted in 1968. Trees are of a spur type habit. Fruits are rather coarse-textured, somewhat dry and with a subacid flavour. Cooks well.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Catshead x Unknown
Accession name
Lord Derby spur type
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
Size
large a
Type
Culinary a
Shape
Globose a
Ribbing
strong a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Green a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
Brown a
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out a
Russet
absent a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.