Name of the Duke of Marlborough’s house, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire; used to distinguish, a. A breed of spaniels; b. Blenheim Orange, a golden-colored apple.
1851. Mayhew, Lond. Labour, II. 62 (Hoppe). A good fancy breed of ‘King Charleses’ or ‘Blenheims.’
1879. Jefferies, Wild Life in S. Co., 173. In the fork of a great apple tree—a Blenheim orange—the missel-thrush has built her nest.
1882. Garden, 13 May, 321/1. The Blenheim Orange is not a good bearer when young.
