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Blenheim Orange apple trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 3       Uses: Eat fresh | Cookery 
Blenheim Orange apple tree

Blenheim Orange is a popular large English heritage apple variety, widely grown in gardens. It has the characteristic orange flush which is often associated with English apples. Although it can be eaten fresh, it is best considered a culinary apple, and it cooks to a stiff puree.

Blenheim Orange makes a good feature tree in a larger garden.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Blenheim Orange apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M27 rootstock £38.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M26 rootstock £38.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £38.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard premium - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £45.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)1-year - Bare-root - M27 rootstock £30.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)1-year - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £29.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £31.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £33.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £33.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £37.00
Full size (5m+)1-year - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £32.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Alternatives to Blenheim Orange apple trees

Alternative fruit trees - Charles Ross apple trees
Mid-season  (3)  
Eat | Cook 

Charles Ross apple trees

A traditional English dual-purpose apple, a good alternative to Blenheim Orange.
Alternative fruit trees - Bramley's Seedling apple trees
Late-season  (3)  
Cook | Juice | Cider

Bramley's Seedling apple trees

Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.




Summary features of Blenheim Orange

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1700 - 1749
  • Fruit colour: Orange flush
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Blenheim Orange

Blenheim Orange is in flowering group 3. Blenheim Orange is a triploid variety and cannot pollinate other varieties. It needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. You can either plant a self-fertile variety (which will pollinate itself and the Blenheim Orange) or you can plant two pollination partners which must each be of different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Blenheim Orange. If you need further advice on this just get in touch. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.



How to grow Blenheim Orange apple trees

Blenheim Orange produces a large vigorous tree with unusually dense wood. It is a triploid variety so it needs two separate pollinating apple trees nearby.

This is long-lived variety which takes a while to get into its stride. Victorian author Hogg, writing at the end of the 19th century noted that Blenheim Orange noted, "... when it becomes a little aged, it bears regular and abundant crops".



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Historical details

Blenheim Orange is believed to date back to early 18th century. It was discovered at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, and named after the nearby Blenheim Palace. The parentage is unknown.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Blenheim Orange



Related variety collections

English heritage apple trees, Top 10 English and Scottish cooking apples


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