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. Pollination partners
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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 |