Lane's Prince Albert apple trees
£34.95 - £43.00Lane's Prince Albert apple trees for sale
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BR12-year bare-root tree,M116 rootstock£43.00
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
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BR21-year bare-root tree,MM106 rootstock£34.95
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
All about Lane's Prince Albert apple trees
One of the definitive Victorian cooking apples, with soft, juicy, acidic flesh, that cooks to a puree.
The apples keep well, and can also be eaten fresh if you like a sharp apple.
Victoria author Robert Hogg sums this variety up very well: " ... a marvellous bearer, and rarely fails to produce a crop".
Growing and Training
Lane's Prince Albert is quite easy to grow and performs well in most climates, including wetter climates. It is an excellent choice for if you are looking to grow a good quality cooking apple in less than ideal conditions.
Which pollinators are recommended for Lane's Prince Albert apple trees?
Lane's Prince Albert is not self-fertile, so you will need another different but compatible variety planted nearby in order to produce fruit.
The following varieties are good pollinators for Lane's Prince Albert.
If you are not sure about pollination requirements just ask us.
BraeburnBraeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
Golden HornetMalus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.
John DownieJohn Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.
Ellison's OrangeEllison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
Newton WonderA traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
GalaGala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.
Golden GemA traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.
Harry BakerMalus Harry Baker is a popular crab-apple with deep pink flowers and dark red fruits which are very good for crab-apple jelly.
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History
Lane's Prince Albert was discovered in the 1840s and named and introduced by Lanes Nursery of Berkhamsted. It is possibly a seedling of Dumelow's Seedling.
Lane's Prince Albert characteristics
- What level of gardening skill is needed to grow Lane's Prince Albert?Beginner
- Is Lane's Prince Albert self-fertile?Not self-fertile
- What flowering group is Lane's Prince Albert?4
- Is Lane's Prince Albert good for pollinating others?Good
- How does Lane's Prince Albert bear fruit?Spur-bearer
- What climates is Lane's Prince Albert suitable for?Temperate climatesMild damp climates
- What season do you pick Lane's Prince Albert?Late
- CroppingGood
- How long can you keep Lane's Prince Albert in a fridge?3 months or more
- Food usesCulinaryJuiceTraditional cooker
- What is the overall disease resistance of Lane's Prince Albert?Good
- Is Lane's Prince Albert resistant to scab?Very resistant
- Where does Lane's Prince Albert originate from?United Kingdom
- When was Lane's Prince Albert first introduced?1850 - 1899
- What colour is the blossom of Lane's Prince Albert?Pink - light
- Which awards has Lane's Prince Albert received?RHS AGM (current)
British-grown trees 
Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK.
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All our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance.
Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS.
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Guaranteed fruit trees
When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions.
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More about apple trees
There is no doubt that the famous Bramley's Seedling still rightly reigns supreme. Characterised by its copious rich juicy acidity it quickly renders to stiff puree in the kitchen, and is the benchmark for English apple cookery. However we have noticed a real resurgence in interest in the humble cooking apple in recent years, with cooks looking beyond Bramley for other qualities and textures.
Look out for cooking apples which ripen earlier than Bramley, such as Grenadier or Keswick Codlin.
Scotland also has a strong tradition of cooking apples - Galloway Pippin, Scotch Bridget, Scotch Dumpling for example. This also illustrates another useful quality of cooking apples - they can be productive even in climates where grey skies and rain are more frequent than sun and blue skies.
Many cooking apples are also great for juicing, especially if you like your apple juice to have a bit of an acidic kick.
