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
Ashmead College Ashmead College Ashmead College is the former name of a system of for-profit colleges located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and owned by Corinthian Colleges. The school was founded in 1974 as the Seattle Massage School. In 1999 the school began operating under the Ashmead College name. In August 2003, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. purchased Career Choices, Inc., the owner of Ashmead College, as a wholly owned subsidiary. In February 2007, the Everett campus closed and was consolidated with the Seattle location. The remaining campuses changed their names to either Everest Institute or Everest College in December