Russet Lambourne
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A russetted clone of Lord Lambourne. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1971 from D.R. Atkins, Pulborough, West Sussex. Fruits have slightly coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Lord Lambourne
Accession name
Russet Lambourne
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
absent a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
high-very high a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.