Lady Henniker
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Lady Henniker
Origin and History
This English apple was raised by John Perkins at Thornham Hall, Suffolk, England.
Tree
Healthy, a great bearer.
Fruit
Size and Form: Very large, roundish, slightly conic, angular, with prominent ridges around the eye.
Skin: Yellow, shaded with pale red, and broken streaks of crimson on the sunny side.
Stem: Very short.
Cavity: Wide, deep, russety.
Calyx: Large, open.
Basin: Very deep, angular.
Flesh and Flavor: Very tender in the grain, well flavored, with a pleasant perfume.
Season and Storage
October to February.
Uses
Chiefly valuable as a cooking variety, but useful also in the dessert.
Other
Source: The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, A.J. Downing (1900), citing the Journal of Horticulture.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 7 catalogs (1890–1911) from England, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
- William H. Moon Co. , Morrisville, Bucks County , Pennsylvania — 1890
- Rogers Nursery Co. , Moorestown , New Jersey — 1893
- Reading Nursery , Jacob W. Manning, Proprietor, Reading , Massachusetts — 1898
- Brown Brothers Co. , Continental Nurseries, Rochester, NY (also operated from Toronto, Canada) — 1899
- Brown Brothers Co. , Continental Nurseries, Rochester, NY (also operated from Toronto, Canada) — 1901
- Wm. J. Corse (successor to Robert Sinclair / Sinclair Nurseries) , Baltimore , Maryland — 1909
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Lady Henniker.
This new English apple was raised by John Perkins, Thornham Hall, Suffolk, England; tree healthy, and a great bearer; chiefly valuable as a cooking variety, but useful also in the dessert.
Fruit very large, roundish, slightly conic, angular, with prominent ridges around the eye; skin yellow, shaded with pale red, and broken streaks of crimson on the sunny side; stalk very short; cavity wide, deep, russety; calyx large, open; basin very deep, angular; flesh very tender in the grain, well flavored, and with a pleasant perfume. October, February.
(Journal of Horticulture.)