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Blenheim Orange Apples - Dual Purpose
Browse all our apple trees here or read our guide to buying the right apple tree.
A Blenheim Orange tree was first found as a seedling, growing close to Blenheim Palace in about 1740 although it became better known later when its name was changed from Kempsters Seedling to Blenheim Orange. It is such a good apple that it was grown widely on both sides of the Atlantic from then until the 1930's when heavier cropping new varieties were planted commercially.
Blenheim Orange, as an eater has a lovely flavour, slightly nutty, that goes tremendously well with cheese. We think the flavour improves when the apple is cooked and very few apples make an Apple Charlotte as well as a Blenheim Orange.
This is a handsome apple, flushed red/orange, sometimes with stripes all on a yellow green skin. The skin on some Blenheim Orange apples can have little golden blown spots and markings. The flesh is white and slightly crumbly - which is why it cooks so well. The apples come late, keep well and are best used between October and December. This can also be a bit slow fruiting - young trees can be shy to start, but as they age they crop very heavily indeed.
Blenheim Orange trees carry fruit both on spurs and on the tips of branches. Thinning at the fruitlet stage is important as it helps ensure even cropping every year. It flowers in mid-season and is triploid which means it is both needs pollination and cannot pollinate other apples. For more information on apple pollination and to find a suitable pollinator for your Blenheim Orange tree please take a look at our Guide to Fruit Pollination.
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Delivery:
The basic delivery charge for all orders containing fruit trees of any size (bareroot or pot-grown) is £12.55 + VAT.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
You can choose the delivery week that suits you during checkout and we will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.
Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.
Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.
Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted fruit trees must be watered in dry weather while they are establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.
Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot fruit trees to gardeners and orchard owners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying fruit trees online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.
Your 12 Month Guarantee
If any plants die within a year, we replace them if you have followed our instructions. You only pay for
the delivery of the replacements.
Place an order for £250 excluding VAT and delivery and we deliver it for FREE!
Bare-root Plants are only delivered in the winter season, from November to March. Pot grown plants can be delivered all year round
Advantages of Bare-root plants:
You pay less for the same size plants.
You can carry and plan them easily.
You only plant them in winter, so they need less maintenance after
planting. The rain will water them for their first few months.
You get the biggest selection: Many trees are not sold pot-grown.
They are "asleep" in winter - this is the best time to transplant any tree.
They use fewer fertilisers & fungicides, less water and fuel in their production & delivery.
Advantages of Pot Grown plants:
Pot grown plants can be delivered & planted all year round.
Plants with tender roots & larger specimens must be delivered in pots.
Plants in pots can be kept for months longer if there is a delay in planting.
Our Advice to You:
If you can't wait to get planting, order Pot grown plants now.
If you are not in a hurry, order bare-root plants for delivery this winter. Simply add them to your basket and choose a winter delivery date that suits you during checkout.
This will reserve your plants before they sell out.
We won't charge you until the day before delivery, so cancelling your order is always easy.
If you are only ordering chemicals and other small items, delivery is £3.50
Our delivery charge for most bareroot plants is £9.49 + VAT.
If your order contains any standard sized trees, fruit trees or pot-grown plants, then the delivery charge is £12.55 + VAT in TOTAL.
If you live in the Scottish Highlands or the Isle of Wight, there will be an extra charge of £15 + VAT on top of the appropriate basic charge, as listed above.
If your order is over £250 exc. VAT, there will be no delivery charge.
If you are uncertain, just add items to your basket which will calculate the basic shipping charge for you.
