Ellis Bitter Apple Tree
$22.95
The Ellis Bitter apple tree is an early cider variety with harvest time in the early fourth period, usually in October. The fruit will drop from the tree when it is ripe.The tree is vigorous upright spreading tree and produces good crop every other year. The Ellis Bitter apples are medium in size. They have bittersweet taste with low levels of malic acid and tannins. Grows well in hardiness zones 4 to 8 and has good disease resistance.
General Tree Height/Caliper: Most of our fruit trees (apple, peach, apricot, plum, pear, nectarine, quince, and cherry) are grafted/budded and are 4-6' tall with a caliper/diameter of about 1/4-3/4". Most have more than 5' height and 1/2" diameter. The other trees are seedlings, such as pawpaw, mulberry, persimmon, shade, berry, and flowering trees which range from 18-36" tall.
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Ellis Bitter Apple Tree Overview
The Ellis Bitter apple tree is well known not only for its good disease resistance, but also for being a great early cider apple variety. The apple variety originates in Devon, United Kingdom on the farm of Mr. Ellis in the 19th century. In fact, it became widely grown by commercial growers in the 20th century because of its early cropping characteristics. After that, today Ellis Bitter apple is grown on commercial and traditional orchards especially in west England.
The Ellis Bitter apple tree is an early cider variety with harvest time in the early fourth period, usually in October. The fruit will drop from the tree when it is ripe.The tree is vigorous upright spreading tree and produces good crop every other year. Once they are ready for harvest, you can pick them and make cider! The Ellis Bitter apples are medium in size. They have bittersweet taste with low levels of malic acid and tannins. Grows well in hardiness zones 4 to 8 and has good disease resistance.
Growing Characteristics
- Uses: cider
- Taste: bittersweet, juice is 0.24% tannin and 0.20% malic acid
- Size: Medium
- Color: Skin is yellow with orange-red striped flush, has russetted lenticels
- Hardiness Zones: 4-8
- Disease resistance: has good disease resistance
- Harvest period: 4
- Flowering Group: 0
- Cross Pollinates with: Chisel Jersey, Northern Spy to name a few
- Cultivation: This apple tree is vigorous. Self-sterile, which means you need to pollinate it with other apple varieties.
- Storage:
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Shipping
- Our shipping cost is 15-25% of the order total (depending on the size of the trees and how far the state is from NY) plus our handling fee which includes light pruning, packaging, printing, and quality checks.
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- Note: we ship to Hawaii and Alaska however the shipping price is higher.
Warranty
- If your tree doesn’t grow by July 1st or dies in the fall of the first year, please email us with a photo, order number, and description of the issue.
- If the issue is related with the tree itself rather than lack of care, we guarantee to replace it next season or give a full refund.
Refunds and Cancellations
- You can cancel your order to receive a full refund, but please note that cancelling an order after April 1st will result in a partial refund of 75% of the order total.
- We much prefer payments by credit card or PayPal. If you pay by check or cash, then payments for pickup and shipping orders should be received within 30 days of your order, otherwise will be automatically cancelled.
- If due to unforeseen circumstances your ordered tree is no longer available, you can get a full refund or a substitution with another variety.
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