One of the first trees to be planted in this orchard in 1994 the Ellison’s Orange is a middle season eating apple, dating back to 1904, and raised by Rev. Ellison of Bracebridge and Mr Wipf, head gardener to Rev. Ellison’s brother in law at Hartsholme Hall, in Lincolnshire. Rev. Ellison was a renowned pomologist and fruit grower with over 1500 hundred trees in the early 20th century. A cross between Cox Orange Pippin and Calville Blanche D’Hiver it is a crisp juicy apple with a rich, almost aniseed flavour. Good crops, though sometimes biennial. Spur bearing, it prefers well-drained soil.