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Lady Henniker

syn. Henniker, Lady Hennicker, Ledi Genniker

Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

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.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Shape
Oblong
Width
78.00 mm
Height
65.00 mm
Ribbing
medium
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
low
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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