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
Irish Traditional Music Archive historic Georgian house in central Dublin made available through the Office of Public Works. Guests travel from all over the world to access the collection. ITMA was co-founded in 1987 by Nicholas Carolan and Harry Bradshaw. Nicholas Carolan served as Director for 28 years until he was succeeded by Grace Toland in 2015. Carolan continues as Director Emeritus. The Archive has published two major printed publications deriving from historical manuscript collections of Irish traditional music: "Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts", 500 pre-Famine melodies edited by Dr Hugh Shields from a Trinity College