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
- 2nd May 2018 Crab-apple - Profusion owned by Richard in YORK, United Kingdom
- 30th April 2018 Apple - Katy owned by Richard in YORK, United Kingdom
- 29th April 2018 Apple - Rajka owned by Richard in YORK, United Kingdom
- 20th April 2018 Plum - Denniston's Superb owned by Richard in YORK, United Kingdom
- 18th April 2018 Gage - Jefferson owned by Richard in YORK, United Kingdom
Find out how to record your blossom dates in our Fruit Tree Register - more >>
Recent visitor comments about listed varieties
| 24 Jun 2018 | UkfraserUnited Kingdom | |
Apple - GrenadierPretty sure we have one. We peel and core and section after picking and then freeze so can use throughout the year in crumble, Apple plat and devised red cabbage. As others have said early picker and fabulous taste. more >> |
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| 21 Jun 2018 | Keith H. AshlineNEW YORK, United States | |
Apple - FiresideI grafted this cultivar this past spring ( 2018 ) and it's showing signs of life, really do hope it's going to heal up the union and become a beautiful fruiting tree. It's siblings i.e. ( Honeycrisp and Zestar ) from the University of Minnesota are outstanding flavor filled apples so I'm definitely looking forward to sampling the Fireside. more >> |
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| 19 Jun 2018 | WeshaydenCHESHIRE, United Kingdom | |
Plum - CzarVery prolific cropping plum. Easily maintainable tree with self fertile habit and good disease resistance. Flavour of fruit is good when plums are allowed to ripen properly but they do not keep well in my experience. Good dehydrated for storage and makes nice jams and chutneys. The wine made from this variety was ok but loses taste so is best blended. more >> |
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| 17 Jun 2018 | Nolan NooraPHILIPPINES, Australia | |
Apple - Weirougechilling hours required? more >> |
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| 10 Jun 2018 | Hans-KarlWASHINGTON, United States | |
Apple - Muscat de BernayGrafted this last February... so far the 2nd most vigorous tree in my small nursery. Large, oval dark brown leaves with smaller than normal serrations. more >> |
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