Tydeman's Late Orange

A good late dessert variety similar to Cox in flavour but sharper and later ripening.

Origin: Kent UK, 1930

Pollination: Tydeman's Late Orange is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Tydeman's Late Orange

Raised in 1930 from Laxton's Superb x Cox's Orange Pippin by H M Tydeman at East Malling Research Station, Kent, UK. Introduced 1949. Received the RHS Award of Merit in 1965. A popular garden variety.

Small to medium sized, round-conical fruit. Purplish red flush and stripes over greenish yellow skin. Fine russet netting. Creamy yellow, crisp, juicy flesh. Intense aromatic Cox-like flavour but sharper tasting than Cox. Later season than Cox. Needs to be kept in storage for sharpness to mellow.The fruit is best stored in polythene bags as it has a tendency to shrivel.

Vigorous tree producing long whippy new growth. Spurs freely. Heavy cropper requiring to be thinned at times to produce good sized fruit.

Characteristics of Tydeman's Late Orange apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Aromatic
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Apr
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Disease resistance	Scab - Resistant Mildew - Resistant
Suitable for	Late Frost Northern Britain
Special features	Attractive Blossom
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin Laxton's Superb