LAMB ABBEY PEARMAIN Raised from a seed of Newtown Pippin by Mrs Malcolm who lived at Lamb Abbey, near Dartford, Kent, before 1804. It is a middle sized apple, oval/pyramidal and flattened both ends. The skin is yellowish green, with red stripes and rusty dots on the sunny side. The flesh is yellowish, crisp and juicy, with a rich sweetness and light aromatic flavour. An excellent late, dessert apple, good in December and storing to March. Trees are free growing, upright and good bearers.
  

 
LANCASHIRE PIPPIN There are two distinct sorts of Lancashire Pippin recorded in the National Apple Register of 1971; Lancashire Pippin 1 is obscure (recorded and last heard of in 1883, having been exhibited from Westmorland). Lancashire Pippin 2 has been in the National Collection since 1950. It is the latter that we offer here. Lancashire Pippin 2 is a triploid, culinary, late apple, of medium size, ripe in Oct-Nov. The skin is greenish yellow, with an orange flush and pale carmine-red stripes near the sun. The flesh is soft, creamy-white and sub-acid. The missing Lancashire Pippin 1 is middle-season, small and tall in shape. Very striking deep pink and white blossom. Free spurring.

 

LANE’S PRINCE ALBERT A cooking apple, which originated in Berkhamsted in the garden of Thomas Squire. He transplanted the tree to his front garden on the day that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert called in the town, to change horses at the King's Arms. He named it Victoria and Albert. John Lane, a grower in the town, was impressed by the tree because of its compact nature and heavy crops, and he introduced it as Lane’s Prince Albert in 1857. The original tree remained until 1958, when the house and garden were removed to make way for new building. The fruit is large and slightly shiny, with a green skin flecked red, and with white, juicy flesh. It purées well, and by March becomes a dessert apple. Hogg called it a marvellous bearer and Bunyard a very reliable cropper, and all that is true.

 
LANE’S PRINCE ALBERT A cooking apple, which originated in Berkhamsted in the garden of Thomas Squire. He transplanted the tree to his front garden on the day that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert called in the town, to change horses at the King's Arms. He named it Victoria and Albert. John Lane, a grower in the town, was impressed by the tree because of its compact nature and heavy crops, and he introduced it as Lane’s Prince Albert in 1857. The original tree remained until 1958, when the house and garden were removed to make way for new building. The fruit is large and slightly shiny, with a green skin flecked red, and with white, juicy flesh. It purées well, and by March becomes a dessert apple. Hogg called it a marvellous bearer and Bunyard a very reliable cropper, and all that is true.

 

LANGLEY PIPPIN An early apple raised in the late nineteenth century by Veitch’s Nursery of London, who had a fruit tree nursery near Langley in Buckinghamshire. They crossed Cox’s Orange Pippin with Gladstone. Slightly conical apples, with a deep crimson flush and juicy, aromatic flesh. The trees have a spreading habit.

 
LANGLEY PIPPIN An early apple raised in the late nineteenth century by Veitch’s Nursery of London, who had a fruit tree nursery near Langley in Buckinghamshire. They crossed Cox’s Orange Pippin with Gladstone. Slightly conical apples, with a deep crimson flush and juicy, aromatic flesh. The trees have a spreading habit.

 

LAXTON’S EXQUISITE Raised in 1902 by Laxton Bros. of Bedford, a cross of Cox Orange Pippin x Cellini. It was exhibited by Laxtons in 1926 and received an Award of Merit. It entered the National Fruit Trials in 1928. Similar in nature to Cox, but larger, taller, and slightly angular. The golden skin is streaked with red, the flesh is white and crisp with a rich flavour. Ripe in September and keeping to October. It is also known as Exquisite, but this name is incorrect, since an earlier Exquisite existed, being recorded by Scott in 1872.

 
LAXTON'S FORTUNE Also commonly known as Fortune. Another Bedfordshire apple, raised in 1904, but not introduced until 1931. A sweet, juicy apple with Cox as one parent, thereby inheriting some of its characteristic flavour. Easier to grow than Cox, the trees are vigorous and hardy and produce heavy crops. Ready in September, it stores for a month or two.