Lamb's Seedling

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised 1866-1867 at Meynell Langley, Derby, by Joseph Lamb. Fruits have soft, coarse, slightly acid flesh.

Synonyms:
Langley Pippin

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)

Parentage:
Northern Greening x Unknown

Size
large 2

Type
Culinary / Dessert 2

Shape
Truncate conical 2

Height
60.50 mm 2

Width
73.00 mm 2

Ribbing
weak 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour (Amount)
low 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2

Greasiness
Medium 2

Firmness
soft 2

Coarseness
coarse 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1933 - 003   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Lamb's Seedling

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register