Lane's Prince Albert

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary

Introduced

1857

Origin

Berkhampstead, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 59.0 mm
Fruit width: 76.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A culinary apple of large round-conical form with yellowish-green skin, distinct red stripes, and tender greenish-white acid flesh. Found at Berkhampstead and introduced by Messrs. Lane in 1857, it is renowned as perhaps the most reliable cropping cooking apple, with dwarf spreading growth and exceptional fertility.

Flavor & Texture

tartsubacidcrisptenderjuicyfirm

Best Uses

cooking

3 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Parents

Dumelow's Seedling Russet Nonpareil

Offspring

Colonel Yate Corry's Wonder Mary Barnett Morley's Seedling Oxford Yeoman Shoesmith

Origin & History

Status: heritage
Origin type: found wilding
Original breeder: H. Lane & Son
First introduced: 1857 · Messrs. Lane

briskly subacidsour

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 3396
Wikidata: Q10554012