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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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 rubbery wood virus, also known as apple rubodvirus is a viral disease that causes apple rubbery wood in apple and pear cultivars. There are two varieties: ARWV 1 and ARWV 2. It gets its name from its distinctive effect that it has on its ho ...

apple chat fruit Apple chat fruit MLO, also known as "apple small fruit" and "chat fruit of apple", is a mycoplasma-like organism (MLO) that affects only apple trees, specifically Lord Lambourne and Tydeman's Early Worcester, though in North America, Turley, W ...

, apple canker,

apple scab Apple scab is a common disease of plants in the rose family ( Rosaceae) that is caused by the ascomycete fungus ''Venturia inaequalis''. While this disease affects several plant genera, including ''Sorbus, Cotoneaster,'' and '' Pyrus'', it is m ...

and

honey fungus ''Armillaria'' is a genus of fungi that includes the '' A. mellea'' species known as honey fungi that live on trees and woody shrubs. It includes about 10 species formerly categorized summarily as ''A. mellea''. ''Armillarias'' are long-l ...

but has some resistance to

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

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 'Birgit Bonnier' is a modern cultivar of domesticated apple which have some resistance to apple scab and mildew. 'Birgit Bonnier' was developed in Sweden through a cross between the popular 'Cortland' and the 'Lord Lambourne'. The result is an ...

(Cortland × Lord Lambourne) *Lady Lambourne (

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

References

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