Ortley
syn. Cleo, Cleopatra, Crane's Pippin, Davis, Davis White Belleflower, Davis White Bellflower, Detroit, Detroit of the West, Golden Pippin, Greasy Pippin, Green Bellflower, Hollow Core Pippin, Hollow Cored Pippin, Hollow-cored Pippin, Inman, Jersey Greening, Marrow Pippin, Melting Pippin, Ohio Favorite, Ohio Favourite, Oregon Ortley, Ortley Apple, Ortley Pippin, Otley, Tod's Golden Pippin, Todd's Golden Pippin, Tom Woodward Pippin, Tom Woodward's Pippin, Van Dyme, Van Dyne, Warren Pippin, White Belle-Fleur, White Bellefleur, White Belleflower, White Bellflower, White Detroit, White Pippin, White Seek-no Further, Willow Leaf Pippin, Wolman's Long, Woodman's Long, Woodman's Song, Woodward's Pippin, Woolman's Long, Woolman's Long Pippin, Woolnary Long, Yellow Pippin
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in New Jersey, USA in the orchard of Michael Ortley. Described in 1817 as Woolman's Long Pippin. Re-named Ortley in 1825. In 1872, the commercial synonym Cleopatra came into use. Fruits have tender, very juicy flesh with a pleasant mild flavour. Fruits bruise easily. Tree tends to be biennial.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- tall, rectangular, convex to straight
- Fruit width
- 65-72 mm
- Over colour
- occasional slight flush
- Russet type
- dotted
- Flesh colour
- creamy yellow
- Fruit height
- 60-70 mm
- Skin texture
- greasy
- Flesh texture
- fairly fine, crisp, tender
- Ground colour
- yellow, striped green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- very weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 71.53 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 68.47 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- n/a
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- absent
- Over colour pattern
- n/a
Source · National Fruit Collection
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