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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Ellis Bitter

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

An old variety thought to have originated on the farm of a Mr Ellis of Newton St Cyres, South Devon. The large, conical fruits have white, crisp, juicy sweet flesh which is a little astringent. A medium bittersweet variety which produces a good quality cider.

Ellis Bitter
Where Ellis Bitter came from.

Sources

  1. Ellis Bitter (accession 1989 - 083), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october).
  2. Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 589650 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.

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