Ellison Orange
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Finely aromatic Cox descendant with rose and orange notes.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
spicyfloralaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
Powdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- Abkömmling von Cox Orange
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Nicely coloured fruit with a strong scent of strawberry, rose and orange; high sugar, good sweet-acid balance, excellent, refined, rose-like and complex flavour (grade 2-). With longer storage develops notes of caraway and other spices.
Growth
Medium vigour, weak later on.
Yield
A connoisseur's variety suited to the garden.
Notes
Descended from Cox Orange. Prone to mildew, otherwise fairly healthy. Only short storage (4-5 weeks).
Care
Watch for mildew and cut out affected shoots.
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