Blenheim Orange hold its shape, rather, it produces a fine puree as it cooks. Typical of triploid apple varieties, Blenheim Orange is a very vigorous tree, and on standard rootstock can grow in excess of 30 feet tall. It is slow to come into production, but will then produce heavily. Fruit needs to be thinned heavily to control its biennial habit. Horticulturist Richard Cox crossed Blenheim Orange with Ribston Pippin to produce Cox's Orange Pippin. 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
Blenheim Art Foundation programme, BAF produces exhibition catalogues and short films to accompany each exhibition. Blenheim Art Foundation was founded by Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill, son of the 11th Duke of Marlborough, John Spencer-Churchill. The director of the Foundation is Michael Frahm. In 2016, Blenheim Art Foundation won Hudson's UK Heritage Award for Best Innovator. Blenheim Art Foundation launched with the exhibition "Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace", which took place 1 October 2014 - 26 April 2015. It was the "biggest UK retrospective to date" by Chinese artist and social activist, Ai Weiwei, which presented more than 50 new and iconic artworks throughout the