Lord Suffield Apple
Malus domesticaA Codlin type cooker popular in Victorian times.
Origin: Manchester UK 1836
Pollination: Lord Suffield is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Show suitable pollination partners
A guide to choosing Apple Trees
Origin: Manchester UK 1836
Pollination: Lord Suffield is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Show suitable pollination partners
A guide to choosing Apple Trees
Lord Suffield Apple Trees for sale - order online
We have now stopped taking orders for the winter 2019/20 planting season. Our 2020/21 list is currently being prepared. It will be available from 1st May 2020 when we will start taking orders for delivery next autumn/winter.
History and description of Lord Suffield
Lord Suffield is a codlin type apple raised by a hand loom weaver called Thomas Thorpe in the back garden of his cottage on Boardman Lane in the village of Rhodes near Middleton which is now on the outskiris of Manchester. In 1836 he planted the tree in the orchard of Middleton Old Hall where he worked as a gardener. This was the estate of Lord Suffield and hence the variety became known as Lord Suffield. It was a very popular Victorian cooking apple grown in gardens and for the early market.Conical slightly ribbed medium to large fruit. Green skin with prominent lenticels turning yellow as it ripens. Acid white flesh which cooks to a sharp froth. The tree is compact and bushy. A heavy cropper.
Main characteristics of Lord Suffield
| Use | Culinary |
| Colour | Yellow |
| Flavour | Acid |
Fruit size  |
Medium |
| Picking time |
Mid Aug |
| Season of use |
Aug-Sep |
|
|
|
| Tree vigour |
Moderate |
| Tree habit |
Upright-Spreading |
| Fruit bearing |
Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Special features | Attractive Blossom |
|
|
|
| Pollination date |
4 |
| Pollination group |
B |
| Self fertility |
Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Show suitable pollination partners |