Apple tree Lambourne

Apple tree Lambourne of English origin, autumn ripening period. The novelty was bred by crossing the varieties James Grieve and Parmen Worcester. The zoning of the apple variety took place on the territory of the regions of southern Russia, the process proceeded at a fairly fast pace.

Apple tree Lambourne: variety description and characteristics

Apple tree Lambourne: photo of the fruit

Lambourne apple trees have a fast growing rate of growth. Crown formation is very compact, roundness. Branches grow at an acute angle. In the main fruiting process, ringlets and spears take part.

Thickened shoots grow in a slightly curved shape, have a rounded lenticular type. The main color of the shoot is brown. Medium-sized leaf plates, oval form of formation, in some cases an ovoid form is formed. Strongly folded type of sheet, with a slight curvature. When grown in a nursery, at a young age, the seedling has a slightly generative shoot development. The bark of the trunk of the Lambourne apple tree is colored brown with a slight reddish tint. There are few white lenticels, oval in shape. The leaf develops in a weakly folded type, a slightly sinuous direction in growth, along the edge of the leaf there is a serration of the serrate-crenate type. Stipules are of medium size, narrow-lanceolate.

Flowers are painted in a pink tone, they are formed saucer-shaped. The color of the bud is closer to a pronounced, red color. Column of pistils without pubescence, the arrangement of the stigma of the flower relative to the pistil at the same level.

Average size of fruits, one-dimensional formation of apples. The shape is slightly flattened, round-conical. The dry content of the skin, a slight roughness is felt, a fairly good density. A lightened, yellowish-green main color of the fruit, with long-term storage the color of the apple takes on a more golden hue. The covering blush is expressed by dull red stripes along, the covering background is relatively uneven. Large, rather noticeable subcutaneous points, a rusty-colored, slightly brownish shade of the skin. A funnel develops in the fruit of medium size, rustiness goes deeply. Finely folded saucer formation. The middle calyx is half-open.

The white pulp acquires a more yellow tint by the time it is fully ripe. High quality juiciness, good pulp density. The attractive sweet-sour taste and very strong apple aroma deserves a very good rating.

The chemical composition of Lambourne apple is expressed in the following indicators: dry matter up to 14%, the composition of titratable acids does not exceed 0.6%, the amount of sugars 10.6%, catechins occupy 80 mg per 100 grams of product weight, ascorbic acid in the amount of 6.2 mg per 100 grams of product.

In the first half of September, the full-fledged removable maturity of the crop begins. The storage periods of the crop are quite good, almost until the middle of winter.

For the apple variety Lambourne, the following pollinators are recommended: Kuban spur, Welsey, Kazachka Kubanskaya, Khutoryanka. The variety belongs to the early-growing species of this crop, the yield is quite good. The average yield for industrial cultivation ranges from 250 to 350 centners per hectare of land. When growing the Lambourne apple tree in the steppe zone, the indicator slightly decreases, does not exceed 150 c / ha. When grown in the southern part of Russia, the Lambourne apple variety is noted for increased resistance to cold during winter; prolonged drought is not capable of causing particular harm to the fruit trees of this apple variety.The degree of damage to the tree and leaf cover from scab and powdery mildew, average.

Advantages and disadvantages

Apple tree Lambourne: photo

The advantages of the Lambourne apple variety include such moments as:

• attractive compact tree crown;
• early maturity of the fruit tree;
• yield of high quality and quantity, feature - annual fruiting;
• excellent drought resistance.

The apple variety Lambourne also has a number of disadvantages:

• in years of congestion of the fruit tree with a large amount of harvest, the size of the fruit is significantly reduced, and the apple shrinks. The same situation occurs if the agrotechnical growing conditions are reduced;
• the tree as a whole and the deciduous cover have a reduced resistance to disease damage, for example, scab and powdery mildew.

The apple variety Lambourne is used as a carrier of signs of high commercial quality, an excellent qualitative assessment of fruits, a fast-growing species, and good yield indicators. Apple tree Lambourne is used by breeders to breed new subspecies of apple trees. For example, scientists in England bred the Prince Charles variety, using the Lambourne variety as one of the varietal carriers.