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 - Cosmic Crisp

  09 May 2021  Madge,  MD, United States

  When I first had these, they were CRISP and tangy. This year they are easier to find and < 2.50/lb, but the crunch is gone and they are somewhat bland. Not as tangy, crispy or juicy.

• Apple - Cortland

  05 May 2021  Kenwatkins,  SC, United States

  My favorite apple. The flavor varies, but once in a while you get one that tastes better than any apple you ever had.

• Apple - Burgundy

  04 May 2021  Cynthia,  ONTARIO, Canada

  I agree with Stacey, best apple I have ever eaten! Also very difficult to find. I tried this variety when living in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, an area famous for growing apples in Canada. I haven’t been able to find these apples again. It had a deep, dark skin with very crisp, bright white flesh that had streaks of the dark skin colour staining the flesh as you bite. At the time I thought this should be the apple in Disney’s Snow White. Delicious!

• Apple - Haralson

  29 Apr 2021  Cathy,  MN, United States

  As far as I am concerned, there is no other apple worth eating, once you have tasted a Haralson. All my neighbors beg for apples off my tree, and say that they are the best apples they have ever tasted. I agree 100%.

• Apple - Smitten

  23 Apr 2021  John,  LUDLOW, United Kingdom

  Really tough flesh makes it hard work to eat. Hardly any taste, but sticky sweet. Ghastly!

Latest spring blossom records from registered fruit trees

• 6th May 2021  Apple - Falstaff owned by J in Birmingham, United Kingdom
• 5th May 2021  Apple - Sweet Sixteen owned by Jim in Hallstead, United States
• 5th May 2021  Apple - Sweet Sixteen owned by Jim in Hallstead, United States
• 5th May 2021  Apple - Westfield Seek-no-Further owned by Jim in Hallstead, United States
• 5th May 2021  Apple - King of Tompkins County owned by Jim in Hallstead, United States

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