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All about apples, pears, plums, and cherries - and orchards where they are grown

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.

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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

You can add your own comments on any variety page.

  • Apple - Lobo

    05 Oct 2025 
    We 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 
    Kings , 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 .

  • Pear - Red Clapp's Favorite

    01 Oct 2025 
    This is my favorite pear. It's soft without being mealy and is run-down-your-chin juicy. The flavor is very sweet and fragrant, very pear-y, and just a little bit tangy. The only downside, in my opinion, is that they ripen from the center out, so you have to watch closely that they don't get overripe in the center.

  • Apple - Falstaff

    27 Sep 2025 
    Produced over 30 apples in its 3rd year really impressed l

  • Apple - Red Baron

    20 Sep 2025 
    The Red Baron grown in American upper midwest is juicy and moderately crisp. A great eating and baking apple. Some say it has a pear-flavor. I would call it more citrus.

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.