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 - Jazz

  14 Jul 2019  Kate,  LONDON, United Kingdom

  Jazz apples are the most glorious apples ever! My mum brought them for me, and me not knowing what type they were, was amazed by their juiciness, tanginess, sweetness and crunch- all at the same time! When i found out they were Jazz apples, I decided they were the apple for me and we now buy 4 packs a week! However, jazz apples are very expensive and when are unripe taste watery- however are usually sold ripe. I love them despiye these minor issues!

• Apple - Yarlington Mill

  13 Jul 2019  John,  TASMANIA, Australia

  Third year allowed first fruit,large to medium size, so bland so disappointed, will give another season maybe two otherwise a grafting we will go.

• Apple - Spartan

  07 Jul 2019  David Laird,  ANGUS, United States

  Crops well every year with me in eastern Scotland. blossom resists our late frosts and I have yet to see any problems of scab or canker, my trees get plenty of wind and I am on a sandy free draining soil which is probably why. I have seen other Spartans elsewhere with awful canker so maybe it prefers lighter soils? They are a good breakfast apple with a light perfume flavour

• Apple - Envy

  03 Jul 2019  Denita Wallace,  OR, United States

  Sweet without any balancing tartness, therefore lacking in flavor. Turns brown rapidly. It looks pretty in a fruit bowl, though.

• Apple - Golden Russet

  02 Jul 2019  Tess Johnstone,  CO, United States

  I have a golden russet and it made it through two frosts this spring and i only have two fruit left on the tree but they are growing and looking good. When is the best time to pick them and enjoy them? tj