Lady Henniker

Dual-use apple. Raised from a seedling between 1840-50 at the Henniker family home at Thornham Magna Hall, near Eye. In 1873 it was introduced commercially by their head gardener Mr. Perkins and in 1875 was awarded an RHS First Class Certificate. It became a popular UK garden variety. It can be distinctively oblong and ‘slab-sided’ in shape and large. Cooks to a pale yellow richly flavoured puree, needing very little sugar. It is a triploid variety so requires two other apple varieties with the same or adjacent pollination group nearby for successful pollination.
Flowering period D.
Pick in late Oct and use Nov to Jan.