Malus Lanes Prince Albert
Lane's Prince Albert Apple Tree
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Common Name: Apple Lane's Prince Albert (Culinary)
Latin Name: Malus domestica 'Lane's Prince Albert'
Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil
Position: Full sun
Flowering period/colour: May/White
Fruit picking time: Early October
Fruit size/colour: Large/Grass-green, stripped with dull red.
Pollination group: *4*
Named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who reputedly visited Berkhampstead on the very day that Mr Squire planted his seedling in his garden, so he initially named the apple tree Victoria and Albert. However it was renamed some time later by Mr John Lane as Lane's Prince Albert, when he grew it commercially. The apples are large in size, round and conical in shape. The skin is bright green ripening to yellow, and flushed with an earthy red, and displays broken red stripes. The flesh is white with a hint of green and has a crisp and juicy texture. The flavour is acidic, and cooks well, staying rather intact.
To guarantee cross pollination plant in a sunny, open site with another tree from the same flowering group (e.g. 'Laxton's Superb').