Lord (Lord's Longfield)
AppleLord (Lord's Longfield)
Origin/History
Lord (Lord's Longfield) originated from a seed of Wealthy, raised by O. M. Lord of Minnesota City, Minnesota. It was named initially from its resemblance to Longfield, though later-ripening fruits develop so deeply colored a red that, as Hansen notes, "the Longfield part of the name can be dropped." Hansen (1902) considers it "worthy of attention."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form
Medium in size; roundish, somewhat conical, regular.
Skin
Surface greenish, mostly or wholly covered with rosy crimson; a handsome fruit. Dots minute, white. Later fruits of the season develop very deep red coloring.
Stem
Long.
Cavity
Deep, narrow, acute, with a radiating patch of yellow.
Calyx
Half open.
Basin
Narrow, regular, abrupt, with fine wrinkles.
Flesh and Flavor
Flesh white, stained next to the skin, fine-grained (Hansen 1902; omitted in the 1914 text), firm. Flavor mild, pleasant, vinous subacid with a sweet aftertaste. Quality rated very good.
Core and Seeds
Core closed, meeting. Tube conical. Stamens median.
Season
Season approximately a month or more later than Wealthy. The 1914 text gives the window as September to November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Lord (Lord's Longfield)—Originated from seed of Wealthy by O. M. Lord, Minnesota City, Minnesota, and named from its resemblance to Longfield.—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical, regular; surface greenish, mostly or wholly covered with rosy crimson, a handsome fruit; dots minute, white; cavity deep, narrow, acute, with radiating patch of yellow; stem long; basin narrow, regular, abrupt, with fine wrinkles; calyx half open. Core closed, meeting; tube conical; stamens median; flesh white, stained next to skin, fine grained, firm, mild, pleasant, vinous subacid with sweet after taste, very good. Season a month or more later than Wealthy. The later fruits of this variety are so deeply colored with red that the Longfield part of the name can be dropped. Worthy of attention.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Lord (Lord's Longfield).— Originated from seed of Wealthy by O. M. Lord, Minnesota City, Minnesota, and named at first from its resemblance to Longfield, but later fruits show much color. Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical, regular; surface greenish, mostly or wholly covered with rosy crimson, a handsome fruit; dots minute, white; cavity deep, narrow, acute, with radiating patch of yellow; stem long; basin narrow, regular, abrupt, with fine wrinkles; calyx half open. Core closed, meeting; tube conical; stamens median; flesh white, stained next to skin, firm, mild, pleasant vinous subacid, with sweet after-taste, very good. September to November.