Common Name: Blenheim Orange Apple Tree (Dual Purpose)Latin Name: Malus domestica ‘Blenheim Orange’Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: April and May/whiteFruit picking time: Early OctoberFruit size/colour: Large/golden, flushed and stripped with dull red and fine brown russet.Pollination group: *3* – Triploid Malus ‘Blenheim Orange’ was first discovered in Woodstock, Oxfordshire growing in Blenheim Park, and exhibited in 1822. This apple is an old favourite as it cooks, eats and stores very well and is considered by many to be the best dual purpose apple. The apples are large, golden flushed and stripped with dull red and fine brown russet. The flesh has a nutty taste and a sweet crumbly texture.To guarantee cross pollination plant in a sunny, open site with another tree from the same or adjacent flowering group (e.g. Discovery).