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

You can add your own comments on any variety page.

• Apple - Honeycrisp

  15 Apr 2019  Harry,  MD, United States

  Flavor is not consistent. Some very good, some disappointing. Price is too high for chancy purchase.

• Apple - Envy

  15 Apr 2019  Harry,  MD, United States

  Every batch I have eaten has been full of flavor! That's more than I can say for Fuji, Macintosh, Braeburn and others. It's flavor seems like a combination of an apple and a pear.

• Apple - Mairac

  15 Apr 2019  Hugh,  SURREY, United Kingdom

  A lovely taste. Very similar to Cox but better now that Cox is mass produced

• Apple - Pink Lady

  15 Apr 2019  It's Nick,  NJ, United States

  Perfect ratio of sweetness : firmness. You win again mother nature, but the battle rages on.

• Apple - Jazz

  14 Apr 2019  c Rickard,  TAS, Australia

  I'm surprised at the relatively low ratings for this apple. Perhaps it's not been grown in the areas to which it is best suited. Here in Tasmania, the Jazz is a fabulous variety - a very firm, crisp apple that is still juicy with a delightful sweet and sour flavour. It is easily the best apple I've bought from a large grocery store recently, and I much prefer it to its sibling, the Kanzi.

Latest spring blossom records from registered fruit trees

• 15th April 2019  Apple - Smokehouse owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States
• 15th April 2019  Apple - Horse owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States
• 15th April 2019  Apple - Jefferies owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States
• 14th April 2019  Apple - Pink Pearl owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States
• 14th April 2019  Apple - Newtown Pippin owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

Find out how to record your blossom dates in our Fruit Tree Register.