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

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• Pear - Kieffer

  15 Jan 2019  David Methven,  PA, United States

  Great pear for home orchards or beginners. Requires almost zero work in my area, but I have had a scare with fireblight in the past where we had to cut off a few limbs. Course flesh with a spicy flavor. I use it most often to make Pear preserves which this variety is great for. It has a tough, thick skin which mostly keeps away the insects unless you leave the fruit on the tree too long. Ripe for harvest around late September or early October in my area.

• Apple - Virginia Greening

  15 Jan 2019  Gregg,  CA, United States

  My grandfather was in the wholesale produce business in the 1930s with his uncles in San Francisco. He mentioned that this variety was very popular in China, and they shipped them there from the US (I’m assuming by ship.) they did by boat)

• Apple - Gravenstein

  14 Jan 2019  Siebert Tenseven,  CA, United States

  We have Gravs all over the place here and they are nice early apples. I like them best for baking, but have made hard cider as well. They do not transport well and have a quick shelf life. Nice and sweet but a bit mealy, which makes for great pies or my new favorite Gravenstein Upside Down Cake.

• Apple - Pacific Rose™

  12 Jan 2019  Kristin,  United States

  Love these! Waiting to see them in stores

• Apple - Smitten

  07 Jan 2019  Grace,  United States

  The most delicious apple I ever had!