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Lord Hindlip
type: Dessert, Eating, Pie
identification: Medium size, conic, often angular sides. The base colour is greenish yellow, flushed and stippled orange-red on the sun exposed face. The calyx is small and closed surrounded by a lightly knobbed crown. The stem is somewhat short and slender, set in a very deep and narrow cavity which is russetted with rays extending over the shoulder onto the faces.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained, firm. Juicy, sweet and aromatic.
uses: Though favoured as an fresh-eating apple, it is also used for pies and crisps, keeping its shape through the process.
origins: Raised in Worcestershire (England) in the late 1800s. It was introduced by John Watkins of Pomona Farm in Hereford to the Royal Horticultural Society of England where it received an Award of Merit in 1896 and a Class Certificate in 1898.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright-spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs, Crops tend to be light.
cold storage: Keeps four months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
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