Lane's Prince Albert

A popular Victorian cooking apple.

Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1841

Pollination: Lane's Prince Albert is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

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Characteristics of Lane's Prince Albert apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Acid
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov-Mar
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Mildew - Susceptible Canker - Resistant Scab - Very resistant
Suitable for	Northern Britain Wet Regions
Special features	Good Pollinator Good for Juice
Pollination date	12
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Partially self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Dumelow's Seedling Nonpareil
Progeny	Bountiful Byfleet Seedling Colonel Yate Morley's Seedling Shoesmith