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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. 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 |
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