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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• Apple - Prairie Spy

  12 Oct 2024  Robert Langerud, CLEAR LAKE, MN

  We had two trees up at the cabin north of Mora Mn. They were excellent tasting apples firm and crunchy. We liked them so much that when we moved we planted 2 trees on our new property south of St. Cloud Mn. unfortunately that was almost 4 years ago and they still have not grown very much and have produced nothing, not sure what we are doing wrong.

• Apple - Priscilla

  12 Oct 2024  Val Hennings, ARLINGTON, WA

  We have had a Priscilla tree for 45 years. We purchased it with a Prima as a companion for the organic garden. Both are semi-dwarf. We no longer eat the Primas due to apple scab and insect damage, but the Priscilla is healthy and mostly trouble free except for minimal fly maggot damage. The fresh flavor is exquisite and varies from year to year. The fruit cooks well in dessert dishes and makes pink applesauce. We usually harvest early to mid October, and refrigerate as we can from the last picking. We eat them until March of the following year. Over time in storage the flavor changes but is still sweet. I know of only one other person who has a Priscilla in this area (Northwest Washington). This great variety should have much wider appreciation. (I couldn’t access your tasting notes.)

• Apple - Gala

  10 Oct 2024  Sandy Mowrer, WALNUT CREEK, CA

  I have been buying Gala Apples for a very long time but our family noticed a drastic change! The Gala was no longer crisp, juicy but soft and almost mealy!! Guess I will try a different brand. I buy them weekly at my local COSTCO 🤔

• Apple - Red Gold

  08 Oct 2024  Margaret, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE

  Mine have a lot of scab this year, is this common with this variety? They still have a lovely flavour

• Apple - Falstaff

  07 Oct 2024  Peter Mcfadden, Conwy, GWYNEDD

  Falstaff apple grows very well in my garden in north Wales, UK. I planted the tree in 2002, masses of fruit every year (thanks to my bees nearby) and it makes a great juice.

Latest harvest records from registered fruit trees

• 3rd week August 2024  Bramley's Seedling owned by Richard in Objat, France
• 3rd week August 2024  Red Windsor owned by Richard in Objat, France

Register your own fruit trees and record blossom and harvest records in our Fruit Tree Register.