Jennifer

There is only one record of Jennifer and below the information has been taken from the catalogue of the nursery Bernwode Fruit Trees: It was raised in 1923 by nurseryman F.W. Wastie of Eynsham, Oxfordshire and recorded in 1944, when it was sent to the National Fruit Trials by his son, J.F.Wastie, who named it after his daughter.

A cross between Duchess’s Favourite and Beauty of Bath. It is an early dessert apple, ready in late August and early September. The apples are slightly ribbed with yellow skin, flushed pale red and striped with bright red. A sweet, crisp and juicy apple, but does not keep long. A vigorous grower. Part tip bearing. Pollination Group 3.