Welcome to Orange Pippin
If you are interested in apple varieties, pears, cherries or plums, or orchards where these fruits are grown, you have come to the right place.
Fruit tree varieties
Descriptions of over 700 apple and cider apple varieties, as well as crab-apples, pears, plums, fruiting cherries and ornamental cherries, apricots, and peaches and nectarines.Advanced search
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Orchards
Listings for over 2,000 orchards in the United States, Canada, UK and elsewhere.Tree register
Our Fruit tree register has details of more than 11,000 trees registered by their owners, including blossom and harvest records.Our website is named after England's most famous apple variety - Cox's Orange Pippin - widely regarded as the finest of all dessert apples. 'Pippin' is an old English word derived from the French word for 'seedling', and like many old apple varieties Cox's Orange Pippin was discovered as a chance seedling.
Recent variety reviews
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Apple - Lord Hindlip
15 Oct 2025 DavidEaten in Oct - flavour subdued and a little watery but nonetheless refreshing. Would like to taste again JanCherry - Parkhill
12 Oct 2025 Thomas Parkhill, RICHLAND, WAThis was a seedling sport discovered by my father Russell Parkhill in our cherry orchard in East Wenatchee, WA in about the 1940s. It was promoted for a while by the local Wenatchee Fruit Tree growers, but apparently fell out of favor. A commercial grower south of San Jose, Ca, was able to find some stock in Wenatchee after I posted this information on the fruit tree finders web site in about 1995. He propagated it for resale since it had a very high reputation for color and taste.Apple - Jupiter
08 Oct 2025 Amanda, LondonI am growing this as a stock tree for a 'family' tree onto which I will graft different varieties so perhaps it's not as strong growing as it could be. But in the long hot summer of 2025 the 3 year old tree produced a handful of small apples - my goodness, the flavour!! Incredible fruity sweetness, almost gummibear-like intensity!Apple - Lobo
05 Oct 2025 Grey, TACOMA, WASHINGTONWe purchased two in a Krakow, Poland market. Subsequently hauled them around for days in a backpack and are enjoying them now.. Will look for more. The skin on these is a bit thick and not very appealing. However the flesh is white and very flavorful.Apple - King of Tompkins County
03 Oct 2025 Peter CodlingKings , by far , make the best fresh juice, especially after the tree shows a slight bit of water core. No other apple is better. If there is a better tasting juice apple I would like to try it .
Latest harvest records from registered fruit trees
- 2nd week October 2025 Golden Delicious owned by James in Westport, Ireland
- 1st week October 2025 Sweet Sixteen owned by David in Two Rivers, United States
- 2nd week September 2025 Catshead owned by Ken in Minstead, United Kingdom
- 4th week August 2025 Claygate Pearmain owned by deadbird in Epsom, United Kingdom
- 4th week August 2025 Claygate Pearmain owned by deadbird in Epsom, United Kingdom
Register your own fruit trees and record blossom and harvest records in our Fruit Tree Register.