Lane's Prince Albert

One of the definitive Victorian cooking apples, with soft, juicy, acidic flesh, that cooks to a puree. The apples keep well.

Lane's Prince Albert apple trees for sale

Deliveries available until February 2020.

11-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
MM106 rootstock
Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
Out of stock
21-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
M25 rootstock
Full size size (4.5m-6m after 10 years)
Out of stock

Victoria author Robert Hogg sums this variety up very well: " ... a marvellous bearer, and rarely fails to produce a crop".

Discovered in the 1840s in Berkhamsted, possibly a seedling of Dumelow's Seedling.

Using
- Picking season:Late
- Cropping:Good
- Keeping:3 months or more
- Fruit persistence:Normal ripening
- Useful for:CulinaryJuiceTraditional cooker
- Cooking result:Puree
Growing
- Gardening skill:Beginner
- Self-fertility:Not self-fertile
- Flowering group:4
- Pollinating others:Good
- Ploidy:Diploid
- Vigour:Average vigour
- Bearing regularity:Regular
- Fruit bearing:Spur-bearer
Problems
- Disease resistance:Good
- Scab:Very resistant
Climate
- Climate type:Temperate climatesMild damp climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures:Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Frost resistance of blossom:Susceptible
Identification
- Country of origin:United Kingdom
- Period of origin:1850 - 1899
- Flower colour:Pink - light
- Awards:RHS Award of Garden Merit