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 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 a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.