Blenheim Orange apple

Blenheim Orange identification images

USDA identification images for Blenheim Orange

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

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  Year: 1931

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

• 19 Oct 2022  Mariska

  I have a Blenheim Orange in Aberdeen Scotland. Fortunately the garden is huge (1 ha) so space is not an issue, the tree is still young (8 years) but very large already. Lots of apples this year(2022), long branches weeping down with the weight of it. Healthy tree, great apples.
• 17 May 2017  EedPORTSMOUTH, United Kingdom

  I worked in the gardens of an old people's home and we used this variety to decorate dining tables at xmas. Pity really because they still tasted good. I now have my own but I think it has lost its pollinator as it has very few apples now. I plan to get another. Good for eating and cooking.
• 20 Oct 2015  Patricia27IPSWICH, United Kingdom

  Very large appleand sweet like russet
• 17 Sep 2010  Adrian HodgesWORCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom

  the tree was in my garden when i came in 1972, this year it is the best it has ever been, it is loaded and have been giving them away, and they taste good.
• 16 Feb 2009  Richard BanksMILVERTON, ONTARIO, Canada

  We used to have an apple orchard near Woodstock, Ontario and we had an old tree that someone had planted years before we even moved there. My dad said he thought it was a Blenheim Pippin. It was very tart, but had a great flavour and kept well. It is a taste I miss!!
• 28 Oct 2008  Barbara SmithEAST SUSSEX, United States

  We have a very old tree in our garden we thought it was a cooker and this year it has produces a very large crop so much so we have given so many away we only found out about the apple when a lady had taken some of the apples and told us it was Bleneheim orange and it was a verry old variety.
• 04 Oct 2008  J A SutherlandMONMOUTH, United Kingdom

  On two occasions I have had very old stumps ruthlessly pruned when I wasn't looking. In a few years it recovers and occasionally crops really well.
• 29 Sep 2008  Jean StephensonSURREY, United Kingdom

  We have a very ancient and decrepit Blenheim Orange which produces a huge crop of beautiful unblemished fruit almost every year, untreated. I think the flavour developes when they are cooked - we love them, so do our friends!
• 05 Nov 2007  Nigel PuckrinEAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom

  Found in a bucket outside a farm saying take some to try. It said first found in 1740 growing against a wall at Blenheim Palace, formerly known as Kempsters Pippin. One of the nicest tasting apples I've ever had!
• 18 Oct 2007  CharlesCRAWLEY, United Kingdom

  I have a dwarfed tree in a pot and I think they are the best eating apples in the world! They may be a bit sharp for some people but I love them!
• 03 Aug 2007  TomUnited Kingdom

  I have a Blenheim orange tree in my garden, that nearly every year produces a good crop of large apples. I first used it as a cooker but it does not “fall” when cooked, and I prefer the taste of Bramleys.I have now decided that it is better as an eater. It is excellent with cheese and tastes similar to Egremont Russets. They keep well for a few months in my garage.

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer Blenheim Orange apple trees for sale:

• Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
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• Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
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• Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
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• Cummins Nursery
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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Blenheim Orange:

United Kingdom

• England - midlands

  • Meynell Langley Trials Gardens, Derby
  • Walsgrove Farm, Worcester

• England - north

  • Pickering Road Community Orchard, Hull

• England - south-east

  • Home Cottage Farm, Iver
  • Crapes Fruit Farm, Colchester

• England - south-west

  • Cutbrawn Farm, Lostwithiel
  • Trevalon Organic Cooperative, Liskeard

Canada

• British Columbia

  • Apple Luscious Organic Orchards, Salt Spring Island
  • Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island

• Ontario

  • O'Keefe Grange, Dobbinton

Australia

• Victoria

  • Heritage Fruits Society, Fairfield
  • Petty's Orchard, Templestowe

References

• Apples of England (1948)
  Author: Taylor
• Fruit Expert
  Author: Hessayon