An old English apple tree variety, Lord Lambourne (Malus domestica 'Lord Lambourne') was first introduced in Bedford in 1907 and is the result of a crossing of the apple varieties James Grieve x Worcester Pearmain.  An old favourite and a reliable cropper.  Bright striped apples, which are fairly sweet, aromatic with a hint of strawberry mark these out.

Month of Picking: September

Type of Apple: Eating

Self-fertile/Not self-fertile: This apple is not self-fertile and requires another apple to act as a pollination partner. 

This apple is in flowering period is C2. 

How to chose a suitable pollination partner:

To make it easy to match this apple with a suitable pollination partner we have used a series of codes, which are C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 and relate to flowering periods.  Every apple variety we sell will have one of these codes. 

The code we have given this apple tree means that you need to find another apple with the same code or one less or one more, so for example if the apple is code C2, then another apple variety with code C1 or C3 would be necessary to act as a reliable pollination partner.

This variety of apple tree is supplied in a 12 litre container, which means that the tree can be planted any time of the year and with better results than either bare-root or rootballed trees.

Choosing the type of tree and rootstock:

Dwarf Rootstock M27 (Patio Type Bush), supplied at a height of 1.0 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 1.8 metres

Semi-Dwarf Rootstock M26 (Bush), supplied at a height of between 1.25 metres and 1.50 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 3.0 metres

Semi-Vigorous Rootstock MM106 (Bush), supplied at a height of between 1.25 and 1.50 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 3.6 metres

Maiden. Means the tree is 1 year old and can be trained to be what ever shape or form you want it to be as we have yet to prune it.  

Please tell us at checkout when ordering this apple which tree type and rootstock you require.