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Blenheim Orange is a cultivar of apple. It was found at Woodstock, Oxfordshire near Blenheim in about 1740. This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ... Map sources for Woodstock at grid reference SP4416 Woodstock is a small town in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. ... Blenheim may refer to a number of towns and cities in different countries: Blenheim, a city in New Zealand. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ...


A tailor named George Kempster planted the original kernel and the apple, known locally as Kempster’s Pippin began to be catalogued in about 1818. It received the Banksian Silver Medal in 1820 and thereafter spread through England to Europe and America. 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


This apple has a greenish-yellow to orange skin streaked with red. It has a distinctive nutty flavour excellent for cooking.


The vigorous tree is slow to come into crop but then produce heavily.


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  • Goldreinette von Blenheim in german


 

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