Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Ellison's Orange
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Rev. C.C. Ellison at Bracebridge and Mr Wipf, gardener at Hartsholme Hall, Lincolnshire. First recorded in 1904. It was introduced by Pennells Nurseries, Lincs. in 1911. Received Award of Merit in 1911 and First Class Certificate in 1917 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a rich and strong aniseed flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Ellison's Orange United Kingdom, by 1904
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Seed parent Hubbardston Nonsuch United States, by 1832
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Offspring in the atlas
- Lynn's Pippin × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, 1942
- Merton Beauty × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, 1933
- Red Ellison's Orange United Kingdom, 1948
- Saint Ailred × James Grieve; United Kingdom, 1942
Sources
- Ellison's Orange (accession 1982 - 046), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid september); the other names.
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its parents, Cox's Orange Pippin and Cellini, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
