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Pollination of Ellis Bitter cider apple trees

Ellis Bitter (Malus domestica)  is in flowering group 5. Ellis Bitter is not self-fertile and needs a pollination partner of a different variety nearby.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Ellis Bitter in our catalog

• Akane

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  Akane is an attractive early-season eating apple with a good pedigree and a sweet/sharp flavor.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

• Bedan des Parts

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  A traditional French bittersweet cider variety, with some resistance to fireblight.

  • Flowering group: 6
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

• Binet Rougein stock

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  A popular traditional French hard cider variety.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf

• Black Oxford

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  A good quality hardy traditional New England apple which keeps well.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Bramtot

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  Bramtot is a traditional French hard cider variety, with a bittersweet juice.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Brown Snout

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  A traditional English bittersweet cider apple.

  • Flowering group: 6
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Brown's Applein stock

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  Brown's Apple is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a sharp juice.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf

• Calville Blancin stock

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  One of the world's great cooking apples, Calville Blanc is a French variety with a spicy tangy flavor.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf

• Chieftainin stock

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  A quietly popular apple, similar to Delicious but with a better and more complex flavor.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Court Pendu Plat

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  Court Pendu Plant is a traditional French apple with a pronounced aromatic pear-drop flavor.

  • Flowering group: 6
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Dabinettin stock

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  Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Flowering group: 6
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf

• Edelborsdorferin stock

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  A very old apple variety, originating from central Europe.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Enterprisein stock

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  Enterprise is a modern American disease-resistant apple, good for eating fresh and cooking.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf
  • Semi-dwarf

• Fenouillet Gris

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  Fenouillet Gris is an old French apple variety, noted for its aniseed flavors.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Florinain stock

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  A modern disease-resistant variety related to Jonathan and Golden Delicious.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Frequin Rougein stock

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  Frequin Rouge is one of the most important of the traditional French hard-cider apple varieties.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf
  • Semi-dwarf

• Galain stock

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  Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavor.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Geneva Tremlett's Bitterin stock

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  A bittersharp cider apple variety, found at the USDA repository at Geneva, but probably of English origin.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf
  • Semi-dwarf

• Gilpinin stock

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  Gilpin is a traditional American an all-purpose apple, an excellent keeper, useful in the kitchen and for cider too.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Ginger Goldin stock

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  One of the first yellow apples to ripen.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Golden Deliciousin stock

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  The flavor of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Good pollinator
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Golden Hornet

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  Malus Golden Hornet has pink / white blossom then small yellow crab apples which hang on late in the year.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Good pollinator
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

• GoldRushin stock

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  GoldRush is a modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. It is also one of the best new hard-cider varieties.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf
  • Semi-dwarf

• Harry Masters Jerseyin stock

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  Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf
  • Semi-dwarf

• Herefordshire Redstreak

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  Herefordshire Redstreak is an old English cider apple variety which produces a bittersharp juice.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

• Honeycrispin stock

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  Honeycrisp is a cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Hubbardston Nonsuch

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  An old heirloom apple variety named after the town in Massuchusetts.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Isaac Newton's Tree

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  The old Engish variety known as Flower of Kent is the variety of apple tree the famous scientist sat under.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Jonaliciousin stock

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  An interesting cross of Red Delicious and Jonathan, for eating fresh or baking.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Keepsakein stock

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  A high-quality late-season eating apple, keeps well, and at its best in mid-winter.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Kingston Black

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  Kingston Black is one of the premier English cider varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

• Laxton's Superbin stock

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  Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Medaille d'Orin stock

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  Medaille d'Or is a traditional French cider variety, which produces a full bittersweet juice.

  • Flowering group: 6
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Michelin

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  Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Northern Spyin stock

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  Northern Spy is a popular late-season American heirloom apple variety which stores well.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf

• Pine Golden Pippin

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  A classic English russet apple from the Victorian era, notable for its pineapple-like flavor.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Pixie Crunchin stock

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  Pixie Crunch is a small modern disease-resistant apple with a crisp flesh and great flavor.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf
  • Semi-dwarf

• Pristinein stock

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  A very early disease-resistant golden-green apple with a tart flavor.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf
  • Semi-dwarf

• Red Deliciousin stock

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  Delicious is one of the most popular red apples, productive and easy to grow.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf

• Sansain stock

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  A high quality early-season apple variety with a notably sweet flavor.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Scarlett O'Hara

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  Scarlett O'Hara is a modern disease-resistant red eating apple,

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Somerset Redstreakin stock

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  An English cider apple variety producing a very high-quality bittersweet juice.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Spitzenburgin stock

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  Esopus Spitzenberg is one of the best-flavored American heirloom apples, and a favorite of Thomas Jefferson.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Dwarf

• Stoke Redin stock

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  A traditional English cider apple producing a bittersharp juice.

  • Flowering group: 6
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf

• Sundance

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  A high-quality late-season eating apple, with excellent flavor and disease-resistant qualities.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Tydeman's Late Orange

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  An excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Vilberie

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  A traditional French bittersweet cider variety.

  • Flowering group: 6
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

• Winter Banana

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  A good quality American apple variety named for its faint banana-like flavor.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

• Yarlington Mill

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  Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late