• Record your blossom dates!
  • Our fruit tree register lets you record your spring blossom dates from year to year.More>
Orange Pippin logo
All about apples, pears, plums, and cherries - and orchards where they are grown

Lord Lambourne Apple tree

Owner: Patrick

Location:  Mt Macedon, VIC, Australia

Age:Planted in about 2008
Age of this tree:17 years
Rootstock:Semi dwarf
Soil:clay loam 
Climate at this location:cool temperate. Dry autumns, cold winters ( for australia)
Pruning:light thinning
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Chemical treatments
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:Apple scab, Kangaroo browsing!, Birds ( crimson rosellas)

Owner's comments

Recommended tree. Great taste, Keeps well. Not the most attractive fruit, but delicious, mid acid variety. Small fruit. Dependable bearing, not very biennial.