Lord Derby apple

Lord Derby apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Lord Derby

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

• 21 Aug 2022  Kb

  Definitely a cooker, and definitely not bland! Large apples that hug the branch and crop late. Skin turns very waxy over winter, and mine keep until at least February in a cool garage in the North of England.
• 01 Oct 2020  JackABERDEENSHIRE, United Kingdom

  Agree with the grower in Gloucestershire that this apple, though prolific, seems to be completely tasteless. Perhaps I am too far north for it to do well.
• 21 Sep 2016  Roy JamesBRIDGEND, WALES, United Kingdom

  I've had a Lord Derby apple from a pup!!!!! Don't agree with the comments on taste. It is very good when baked, and used for apple tart. Because of the short keeping time I usually core peel chop and freeze it. However, I find that keeping some in the refrigerator helps to keep it longer.
• 16 Sep 2016  ChrisDORSET, United States

  We inherited a large old tree 10 years ago which was identified as Lord Derby at an apple day in Cumbria. After 3 years of professional pruning it has proved well worth saving. Here it breaks down well on cooking and is very good in cakes. Brown rot and mice mean it only lasts until January. Mice leave alone any wrapped in news paper.
• 21 Oct 2012  Martin ApplebyCARMARTHENSHIRE, United Kingdom

  A large old apple tree (70 to 80 years or more)in our garden has been identified at the Apple Day festival at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales as the variety 'Lord Derby'. It does cook very well and as long as plentty of sugar is added has good flavour when cooked. It also crops very well, and 2011 was an exceptionally bumper year, but even in this wet year we have had a reasoanble crop it usually stores for 3 to 4 months in the garden shed provided the mice don't cause too much damage. It does soon turn yellow but still seems OK when stewed.
• 27 Nov 2011  Chris KettletyCHESHIRE, United Kingdom

  I think this is the variety I have and I agree that it is quite a bland taste and doesn't fall well when cooked. However, it is a prolific fruiter and I have trained it to keep it compact. Going to use this year's crop with the addition of some Bramleys to make cider.
• 13 Nov 2010  Geoff RamshawGLOS., United Kingdom

  We inherited an apple that has been identified as Lord Derby and is certainly large and green, turnng yellowish when ripe. Unfortunately, we find it virtually tasteless whether raw or cooked, and it does not form any kind of puree when cooked, but remains in slices. Any suggestions?

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Where to buy trees

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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Lord Derby:

United Kingdom

• England - north

  • Coulton Mill, York
  • Saddleworth Orchard, Saddleworth

• England - south-east

  • Wigmore Orchard, Tadley

• England - south-west

  • Charlton Orchards, Taunton

References

• Fruit Expert
  Author: Hessayon