Apple trees

Lane's Prince Albert

RHS AGM
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.

Reserve now for delivery w/c 3rd September onwards

Lane's Prince Albert apple trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

2-year bush-tree -Bare-root - M26 rootstock
Mature height: Medium (2.2m - 3m)
£33.00
2-year bush-tree -Bare-root - MM106 rootstock
Mature height: Large (3m - 4m)
£33.00
1-year -Bare-root - MM106 rootstock
Mature height: Large (3m - 4m)
£30.00
2-year Half-Standard -Bare-root - MM106 rootstock
Mature height: Large (3m - 4m)
£35.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.



Alternative varieties



Growing

  • Overall disease resistance: Good
  • Cropping: Good
  • Fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Bearing regularity: Regular
  • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
  • Gardening skill: Easy
  • Vigour: Average growth
  • Attractive blossom
  • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening

Uses

  • Flavour quality: Very good
  • Flavour style: Sharper
  • Good for cooking
  • Good for juice
  • Cooking result: Puree
  • Picking season: Late
  • Use / keeping: 3 months or more

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Green / Red
  • Blossom colour: Pink - light
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
  • RHS AGM

Climate

  • Suitable for temperate climates
  • Tolerates cold winters

Pollination guide for Lane's Prince Albert apple trees

Lane's Prince Albert is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.

Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.

More advice about pollination.


How to grow Lane's Prince Albert apple trees

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

Planting instructions.

Pruning instructions.


Historical details

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

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