Lord Lambourne is an apple cultivar with a sweet sharp flavor. It was raised by Laxtons Brothers Ltd in 1907 in

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. Received a

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Award of Merit in 1923.

Appearance and flavour

The apple shape is broad globose conical, it has a distinctive orange blush mixed with a greenish yellow "background," and taste is sharp sweet.

Cultivation

Lord Lambourne a mid season apple. It is sensitive to apple rubbery wood, apple chat fruit, apple canker,

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and honey fungus but has some resistance to

powdery mildew Powdery mildew is a fungus, fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants. Powdery mildew diseases are caused by many different species of Ascomycota, ascomycete fungi in the order Erysiphales. Powdery mildew is one of the easier plant disea ...

Descendant cultivars

*Prince Charles (Lord Lambourne × Cox's Orange Pippin) *Rubin (Lord Lambourne × Golden Delicious) *Karmen (Lord Lambourne × Linda) *Zlatava (Lord Lambourne × Blahova Oranzova) * Birgit Bonnier (Cortland × Lord Lambourne) *Lady Lambourne (

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of Lord Lambourne) *Russet Lambourne (Sport of Lord Lambourne)

References

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