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Ellison's Orange apple trees

Pick: Mid-season    Flowering group: 4       Uses: Eat fresh    Disease-resistance: Good
  • Ellison's Orange apple tree
  • Ellison's Orange apple tree blossom

Ellison's Orange is a superb traditional English dessert apple, closely related to Cox's Orange Pippin, but with a notably juicier flesh. It has the attractive orange flush so typical of English apples.

Ellison's Orange is known for its background aniseed note which enhances the aromatic complexity so typical of a Cox-style apple. In a good year the flavour of Ellison's Orange makes it one of a very small number of varieties which could truely be put on a par with Cox's Orange Pippin.

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Ellison's Orange apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £39.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £32.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £36.00
Full size (5m+)1-year - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £30.00
Full size (5m+)Standard 1.75m - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £36.00

Pot-grown cordon fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon premium - 12L pot - M9 rootstock £39.00

Bare-root cordon fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £33.00

Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (Delivery start September 2013)

Price excludes delivery and delivery restrictions may apply
Large (3m - 4m)Espalier 2-tier -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00 Sold out
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Large (3m - 4m)Fan 4-arm -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00 Sold out
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**All prices include delivery (except certain fan-trained or espalier-trained or mature trees). We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

2-year pot-grown Fan-trained and Espalier trees: Prices of these trees do NOT include delivery as they require special delivery arrangements. Delivery is not possible to all areas. Click here for details or contact us to find out more. These restrictions do not apply to our 1-year part-trained trees or cordons.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. Click here to be notified when we get more trees of this variety.



Summary features of Ellison's Orange

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
  • Fruit colour: Orange flush
  • Blossom colour: Pink - light
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate

  • Frost resistance: Good resistance(explain)
  • Temperate climates
  • Tolerates cold winters


Pollination guide for Ellison's Orange

Ellison's Orange is in flowering group 4. Ellison's Orange is partially self-fertile, but fruiting will be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby.



How to grow Ellison's Orange apple trees

Ellison's Orange is a mid-season variety, and generally easy and reliable to grow. It makes a good alternative to the more temperamental Cox's Orange Pippin, and has better disease resistance.



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Historical details

Raised by the Reverend Ellison in Lincolnshire, England, c1905. Believed to be a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and an old French variety.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Ellison's Orange



Related variety collections

Cox's Orange Pippin substitutes


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