{"id":337,"date":"2009-10-01T21:30:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T20:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldvarieties.com\/contents1a\/?p=337"},"modified":"2009-10-13T21:12:52","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T20:12:52","slug":"apple-blenheim-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldvarieties.com\/contents1a\/2009\/10\/apple-blenheim-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple &#8211; Blenheim Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Find out more about triploid apples\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homeorchardsociety.org\/growfruit\/apples\/\" target=\"_blank\">triploid <\/a>apple, Blenheim Orange was discvoered by Mr Kempster at Woodstock near Blenheim, England around 1740.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldvarieties.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/blenheim_orange588.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-339\" title=\"blenheim_orange588\" src=\"http:\/\/oldvarieties.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/blenheim_orange588-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Blenheim Orange\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blenheim Orange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Distribution of the apple did not start until 1818 and it received the <a title=\"Awards and medals of the Royal Horticultural Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/About\/Committee\/plantcommittee_exhibits.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Banksian Medal<\/a> in 1822.<\/p>\n<p>Fruits have a creamy white, somewhat course texture with rather dry flesh.\u00a0 It has a rich sweet, nutty, aromatic flavour.<\/p>\n<p>Said to be good with cheese and for making <a title=\"Apple Charlotte recipe from the BBC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/food\/recipes\/database\/cinnamonapplecharlot_1715.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Charlotte<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses:<\/strong> Desert<br \/>\n <strong>Parents:<\/strong> Unknown<br \/>\n <strong>Flowers:<\/strong> Early to Mid May<br \/>\n <strong>Picking:<\/strong> Late September<br \/>\n <strong>Natural Storage:<\/strong> October &#8211; December<\/p>\n<p>The Blenheim Orange apple can be found growing in the orchards of <a title=\"Acorn Bank House, Temple Sowerby website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/main\/w-acornbankgardenandwatermill\" target=\"_blank\">Acorn Bank House<\/a>, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria.<\/p>\n<p>Young trees are available from <a title=\"Adam's Apples website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adamsappletrees.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adam&#8217;s Apples<\/a>, in Devon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The triploid apple, Blenheim Orange was discvoered by Mr Kempster at Woodstock near Blenheim, England around 1740. Distribution of the apple did not start until 1818 and it received the Banksian Medal in 1822. Fruits have a creamy white, somewhat course texture with rather dry flesh.\u00a0 It has a rich sweet, nutty, aromatic flavour. 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