Ortley
Also known as Cleo +49
Cleo · Cleopatra · Crane's Pippin · Davis · Davis White Belleflower · Davis White Bellflower · Detroit · Detroit of the West · Golden Pippin · Greasy Pippin · Green Bellflower · Hollow Core Pippin · Hollow Cored Pippin · Hollow-cored Pippin · Inman · Jersey Greening · Marrow Pippin · Melting Pippin · Ohio Favorite · Ohio Favourite · Oregon Ortley · Ortley Apple · Ortley Pippin · Otley · Tod's Golden Pippin · Todd's Golden Pippin · Tom Woodward Pippin · Tom Woodward's Pippin · Van Dyme · Van Dyne · Warren Pippin · White Belle-Fleur · White Bellefleur · White Belleflower · White Bellflower · White Detroit · White Pippin · White Seek-no Further · Willow Leaf Pippin · Wolman's Long · Woodman's Long · Woodman's Song · Woodward's Pippin · Woolman's Long · Woolman's Long Pippin · Woolnary Long · Yellow Pippin · Crane's Pippin · Woolman's Long Pippin · Yellow Pippin
A dessert apple with yellowish flesh and yellow skin, round-conical in shape; mildly tart, juicy and crisp. Picked in late October.
Origin · New Jersey, USA
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- subacid
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Flavour
- subacid
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour occasional slight flushSkin texture greasyBackground colour yellow, striped green
- Flesh
- creamy yellow
- Shape
- tall, rectangular, convex to straight
- Size
- medium to largeFruit width 65-72 mmFruit height 60-70 mm
- Appearance
- Surface ridges ribbed at eyeRusset pattern dotted
Origin & family
Where Ortley began
Recorded origin
New Jersey, USA
United States
Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- flavour
- subacid
- ribbing
- ribbed at eye
- synonyms
- Cleo, Cleopatra, Crane's Pippin, Davis, Davis White Belleflower, Davis White Bellflower, Detroit, Detroit of the West, Golden Pippin, Greasy Pippin, Green Bellflower, Hollow Core Pippin, Hollow Cored Pippin, Hollow-cored Pippin, Inman, Jersey Greening, Marrow Pippin, Melting Pippin, Ohio Favorite, Ohio Favourite, Oregon Ortley, Ortley Apple, Ortley Pippin, Otley, Tod's Golden Pippin, Todd's Golden Pippin, Tom Woodward Pippin, Tom Woodward's Pippin, Van Dyme, Van Dyne, Warren Pippin, White Belle-Fleur, White Bellefleur, White Belleflower, White Bellflower, White Detroit, White Pippin, White Seek-no Further, Willow Leaf Pippin, Wolman's Long, Woodman's Long, Woodman's Song, Woodward's Pippin, Woolman's Long, Woolman's Long Pippin, Woolnary Long, Yellow Pippin
- fruit size
- medium to large
- fruit shape
- tall, rectangular, convex to straight
- fruit width
- 65-72 mm
- over colour
- occasional slight flush
- russet type
- dotted
- flesh colour
- creamy yellow
- fruit height
- 60-70 mm
- skin texture
- greasy
- flesh texture
- fairly fine, crisp, tender
- ground colour
- yellow, striped green
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.