Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | P1 |
Tree Type | Apple |
Variety | Ellison's Orange |
Rootstock | MM106 |
Date Planted | 29 March 2010 |
Tree Description | Cox's Orange Pippin x Calville Blanc. Greenish yellow, flushed red, like a large Cox in appearance. Excellent cropper. Crisp and juicy if eaten off the tree, soft when fully ripe. Aniseed flavour develops after picking. Early autumn dessert apple. |
Comments | Good in a fruit salad. Fruits well elsewhere in St. James (RP & CS). |
Orchard Map |
If apples bloom in March
In vain for them you'll search;
If apples bloom in April
Why then they'll be plentiful;
If apples bloom in May
You may eat them night and day (Traditional)