Ellis Bitter Apple Rootstock/Size:Bud 118 Semi-Dwarf: 2-3 ft.

Ellis Bitter Apple Rootstock/Size:Bud 118 Semi-Dwarf: 2-3 ft.Overview Ellis Bitter is a specialty cider apple grown primarily for fermentation rather than fresh eating. Most of what we know about its cider characteristics, growth behavior, and disease tendencies comes from university research programs and extension based cider cultivar evaluations. This is the first year we have grown Ellis Bitter, and we have not yet tasted the fruit or observed its long term behavior under Montana conditions, so the

Harvest & Heritage

If you're in a spot that regularly sees temps colder than -40°F

it has remained in cultivation due to its genuine eating quality rather than appearance alone

in 1998 by fruit breeder David MacGregor

making it suitable for colder regions that experience harsh winters

though may be smaller at times

Hardy to -50F

Moderate resistance to powdery mildew

bittersweet fruit and exceptional pollination qualities

produced an apple he later named the Wealthy

Very cold hardy

upright-spreading habit