🌱 Permaplans · All plants · Apple

Blenheim Orange

Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Famous English russet from Blenheim.
Edible value9Medicinal value6Other uses5
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1740DessertCooking

Taste & characteristics

Taste

nuttyspicysweetaromatic

Susceptibility & resistance

ScabCankerPowdery mildew

Profile

Pollination
self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Balanced sugar-acid ratio with a distinctive spice and typical nutty aroma, very interesting (quality +); firm, moderately juicy flesh.

Growth

Tree very strong-growing with a broad, spreading crown.

Yield

Late to come into bearing.

Notes

Recommended for orchards (NRW orchard-protection board); keeps about 4 months. Needs adequate water supply, tolerates no heavy or waterlogged soils.

Care

Ensure sufficient water supply and avoid heavy, waterlogged soils.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Apple unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

Plan this plant into your own garden

Plan this variety into your own garden, compare varieties and find pollinators – with the variety finder in the app.

← Back to Apple