Lord Clyde

An old Cheshire cooking apple resembling a small Golden Noble.

Origin: Cheshire UK, 1866

Pollination: Lord Clyde is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.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 ...

Lord Clyde apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Lord Clyde

Lord Clyde was raised by the nurseryman B W Witham in Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire UK. It was first catalogued in 1866. It is a medium sized culinary apple with yellow skin when fully ripe resembling a small Golden Noble. Fairly sweet subacid flavour. Cooks to a juicy puree which is quite fruity and brisk in flavour. The tree has a spreading habit with moderate vigour.

Characteristics of Lord Clyde apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Yellow
Flavour	Subacid
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early Oct
Season of use	Nov-Jan
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	8
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners