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 - Shizuka

  19 Mar 2019  Olivia,  NY, United States

  Along with Mutsu and Gold Rush, this is my favorite apple variety. Tend to be huge, at least where we buy them.

• Apple - Rome Beauty

  16 Mar 2019  Steve w,  OH, United States

  Molly from Oregon - are you sure that the "big old tree in your backyard" is actually a Jonathan tree? My dad planted three apple trees in his front yard 45 years ago, and today he isn't sure which variety he bought. He thinks "maybe Jonathan", and they are quite tart and firm, and excellent in pies (so, consistent with other Jonathan reviews), but I can't review ours as Jonathan apples because they don't grow with supermarket label stickers attached... If anyone near 44077 in about early September wants to try to ID ours by flavor/texture/color/size etc.., send me a note to steve66.oh(at)att.net...

• Apple - Initial

  16 Mar 2019  Steven Sypkens,  MO, United States

  This tree is at the North East corner of my orchard. It has grown quickly. It is leaning and I have a plastic chair propped under a limb to keep it straight. It is 6 years old and 15 feet tall. The Japanese beetles attacked it moderately last year. Will try jalapino pepper spray this year on my trees. It has big red apples.

• Apple - Smitten

  15 Mar 2019  Sherry,  WI, United States

  Smitten-Crisp, juicy, sweet and slightly tart apple that really delivers on flavor. The smitten apple owns its name. I was smitten by the first bite. After two apples a day for the last three months I can swear I've never gotten a bad one!

• Apple - Kiku

  13 Mar 2019  Gena,  AZ, United States

  This is a great apple to eat as a snack, used to be a honeycrisp fan and this is equal flavor, and characteristics. Love it!

Latest spring blossom records from registered fruit trees

• 25th February 2019  Plum - Flavor King owned by Asthon in Swindon, United Kingdom

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