Ellis Bitter cider apple trees

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• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Flowering group: 5

Ellis Bitter is a traditional and popular English cider apple, producing a good quality mild bittersweet juice.

The fruits are relatively large by cider-apple standards.

Ellis Bitter organic cider apple trees for sale

Next deliveries: December 2024

• Maidentree on MM111 rootstock25.25€
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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Growing and Training

Ellis Bitter is somewhat unusual, being a heavy-cropping and fairly vigorous variety but with a strong tip-bearing tendency. Regular pruning is therefore best avoided.

Ellis Bitter characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group5
• Disease resistanceAverage
• Picking seasonMid
• Season of use2-3 weeks
• Food usesHard cider
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 4 (-34C)
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Flesh colourWhite
• Fruit colourRed striped