PLATE LXVII. 
3. LADY HENNIKER. 
This apple was raised at Thornham Hall, near Eye, in Suffolk, and Mr. John Perkins, the 
gardener there, gave the following account of it:— 
“ Between the years 1840—50 the late Lord Henniker had great quantities of cider made, to 
give away in the summer months. Several bushels of apple pips were sown in beds, from which 
the most promising seedlings were selected and planted; and these were reduced every few years.” 
The tree which produced this variety became the favorite, and was carefully preserved. 
A coloured illustration of this fruit appeared in the “ Florist and Pomologist,” in 1875. 
Description .—Fruit: large, roundish, narrowing a little towards the apex, and with blunt 
angles on the sides, terminating in prominent ridges round the eye. Skin : yellow on the shaded 
side, with a faint blush of red, which is covered with broken streaks of crimson on the side next the 
sun. Eye : large and open, with short segments, and set in a very deep and angular basin. Stalk : 
very short, set in a deep, wide, russety cavity. Flesh : very tender in the grain, well flavoured, and 
with a pleasant perfume. 
A first rate apple for culinary purposes, in season from October to February. It makes also 
a handsome dish on the dessert table, “ when its appearance by lamplight is most telling.” 
(The colour as now represented on the plate, is deeper and more extensive than usual). 
The tree is very healthy, grows freely, and bears abundantly. 
