Ellison's Orange
syn. Ellison
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Rev. C.C. Ellison at Bracebridge and Mr Wipf, gardener at Hartsholme Hall, Lincolnshire. First recorded in 1904. It was introduced by Pennells Nurseries, Lincs. in 1911. Received Award of Merit in 1911 and First Class Certificate in 1917 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a rich and strong aniseed flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, aromatic, aniseed
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 64 mm
- Over colour
- stripes and slightly flushed crimson
- Flesh colour
- yellow
- Fruit height
- 57 mm
- Flesh texture
- tender
- Ground colour
- golden yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Ribbing
- absent
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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