Blenheim Orange Blenheim Orange Blenheim Orange (Dempster's Pippin) is a cultivar of apple. It was found at Woodstock, Oxfordshire near Blenheim in England in about 1740. It has been described as a cooking apple. A tailor named George Kempster planted the original kernel and the apple, known locally as Dempster's Pippin, which began to be catalogued in about 1818. It received the Banksian Silver Medal in 1820 and thereafter spread through England to Europe and America. This apple has a greenish-yellow to orange skin streaked with red. It has a distinctive nutty flavour and is excellent for cooking. Blenheim Orange does not
Blenheim, Ontario period of 1950 to the present time has seen Blenheim mature into a town of 4,800. Blenheim became a part of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent during the 1998 amalgamation of Kent County and its municipalities. Up until 1988, Blenheim had its own elected officials with: a mayor, two revees, and six councillors. The current Mayor of Chatham-Kent is Randy Hope. In the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Blenheim is a part of the South-Kent region which is represented by 3 councillors: Karen Herman, Trevor Thompson, and Frank Vercouteren. Blenheim is rich in agricultural industries including Rol-land Farms, Platinum Produce and Thompsons Limited.