Red Ellison's Orange

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A more highly coloured sport of Ellison's Orange. Discovered in 1948 in H.C. Selby's orchard, Walpole St. Peter, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a rich and strong aniseed flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Ellison's Orange

Accession No.
1979 - 179   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Red Ellison's Orange (LA 72A)

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register