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.
- Information on over 600 apple varieties, with user reviews and a 'vote' feature.
- Listings for over 2,000 orchards, with easy to use search and mapping capabilities.
- Find orchards worldwide that grow an apple variety you may be looking for.
- Tree registry section with more than 4,000 individual trees registered, allowing growers to record their trees and log their blossom and harvest dates.
- Calendar of Apple Festivals and orchard events, if you are an event organisers send us details of your apple event.
- 800+ member forum board to discuss various topics surrounding orchards, apples and tree care.
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'. The same word can be seen in the modern French for a plant nursery or garden centre - 'pepiniere'. Like many old apple varieties Cox's Orange Pippin was discovered as a chance seedling.
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Latest spring blossom records from registered fruit trees
- 7th June 2017 Apple - Winesap owned by Steven in SKANDIA, United States
- 6th June 2017 Apple - Empire owned by Steven in SKANDIA, United States
- 6th June 2017 Apple - Snow Sweet owned by Steven in SKANDIA, United States
- 6th June 2017 Apple - Connell Red owned by Steven in SKANDIA, United States
- 6th June 2017 Apple - Beacon owned by Steven in SKANDIA, United States
Find out how to record your blossom dates in our Fruit Tree Register - more >>
Recent visitor comments about listed varieties
| 24 Jun 2017 | Jeff CarlWA, 98392, United States | |
Cherry - Starking Hardy GiantBest Tasting Cherry I have out of two dozen cultivars. Good tree vigor, good yields and somewhat drooping limbs which aids picking. On a Mazzard rootstock. more >> |
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| 15 Jun 2017 | JennyUnited States | |
Apple - JazzI bought Jazz apples because they were the one on sale. I do not know where they were grown and I bought them in May 2017 in the Upper Midwest, USA. I was quite disappointed. They were watery-tasting and the flavor intensity was not what I would expect. I will give them another try, hoping that it was just the time of year, but if I don't get better ones next time, I will go back to my favorite Pink Lady apples. more >> |
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| 06 Jun 2017 | LarryMT, United States | |
Cherry - StellaNo I have not eaten one yet. I planted one three years ago and it has some fruit on it this year. It has been doing very well. I will let you know when I have tried a few. more >> |
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| 04 Jun 2017 | David MaxwellNOVA SCOTIA, Canada | |
Apple - FoxwhelpAs best we have been able to determine the apple labelled "Foxwhelp" in North America is *NOT* at all the same as the British one. The comment about this apple being good eating from the gentleman in Washington is consistent with this. We have been unable to find any Foxwhelp apples in N.A. which resemble the original British one. more >> |
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| 04 Jun 2017 | David MaxwellNOVA SCOTIA, Canada | |
Apple - Red DeliciousA few years ago there was a contest, 100 Things To Do With A Red Delicious Apple, (patterned after "100 things..a dead cat"). It *does* have very good use: smear it with Tanglefoot and hang it in your trees as a trap for Apple Maggot. (Just throw the whole thing away afterwards - no laborious cleaning of sticky red spheres) more >> |
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