Lady Henniker
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by John Perkins, gardener to Lord Henniker, from a pip found in cider must at Thornham hall, Eye, Suffolk between 1840 and 1850. Introduced in 1873. It received a First Class Certificate from the RHS in 1873. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, rather dry flesh with a fairly acid but fair flavour.
Synonyms:
Henniker, Lady Hennicker, Ledi Genniker
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Size
large b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Oblong b
Height
65.00 mm b
Width
78.00 mm b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
low b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Flesh Colour
Yellowish b
Accession name
Lady Henniker
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register