Tydeman’s Late Orange
Apple
Orange-red colour with some russet. Firm and sweet. As rich and aromatic as Cox when eaten before Christmas. Read more
Attributes
- Storing: April
- Pollination group 3
- Uses: Eating
- Picking month: Early October
- Any UK district
- Relatively trouble-free
- Award-winning
Description: Tydeman's Late Orange is a late keeping dessert apple. It's appearance is a lot like Laxton's Superb, purplish-red colour with darker broken stripes and some grey russet. Flesh is cream, almost yellow. Very firm, crisp, sweet and fairly juicy. As rich and aromatic as Cox when it's eaten before Christmas. Grown commercially on small scale in the UK, also a great garden variety.
Parentage: Laxton’s Superb x Cox’s Orange Pippin
History: Raised by H.M. Tydeman at East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, England in 1930. Introduced in 1949. Received an Award of Garden Merit in 1965.
Pollination Partners: Apple Annie Elizabeth Apple Braeburn Apple Christmas Pippin Apple Eden Apple Golden Delicious Apple Herefordshire Russet Apple Howgate Wonder Apple Lord Derby