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.

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 - Yarlington Mill

  19 Jul 2021  Gina Mcmather,  WASHINGTON, United States

  I imagined that when I retired I would enjoy making hard cider so I planted a YM. Now I am retired and the tree produces apples, but the doctor says no alcohol. They taste terrible, cooking doesn't help, etc. Is there anything besides cider one can do with these?

• Apple - Holiday

  18 Jul 2021  Tom Davidson,  UT, United States

  I am disappointed in myself that I have not planted this tree. A local grower that has a thriving seasonal fruit stand does though. It is certainly not their most sought after apple, which seems a shame, it eats well fresh, stores at least as well as Jonathan (not great but good),cooks up nice and judging by the 7 gallons of cider we made last fall it drinks nicely too. It ferments pale and clear but the flavor is robust. The ph was a bit higher than I’d like but here in the heat of the Intermountain West lots of apples are. I don’t have anything to offer about the tree but the grower has plenty every year so it must be pretty good.

• Apple - Kanzi

  04 Jul 2021  Lois,  FL, United States

  Although it is a beautiful apple. I much prefer the taste of a Fuji or Jazz. This Apple has a strange taste. Will not buy again.

• Apple - Bloody Ploughman

  28 Jun 2021  Graham,  GLASGOW, United Kingdom

  The four apples we got from this tree (in one season three years ago) were large and tasty - but none since!

• Apple - Discovery

  23 Jun 2021  Paul,  LONDON, United Kingdom

  I don't know where you had a discovery apple, but the review of them is nothing like real life. They are always crisp and full of flavour.