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Apple – Red Ellison’s Orange
The Red Ellison's Orange is a more highly coloured sport of Ellison"s Orange and was discovered in 1948 in H.C. Selby's orchard in Walpole St. peter, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Red Ellison's Orange
The Fruits have a soft juicy flesh with a rich and strong aniseed flavour.
Red Ellison's Orange is a good mid season eating apple.
Uses: Desert
Parents: Female - Cox's Orange Pippin x Male - Calville Blanc
Flowers: Mid May
Picking: Mid September
Natural Storage: September - October.
The Red Ellison's Orange apple can be found growing in the orchards of Acorn Bank House, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria.
Young trees available from Adams Apples
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