Cox's Orange Pippin
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
The most aromatic classic russet – the benchmark for fine apple flavour.
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5🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1825Dessert
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartjuicynuttyspicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
ScabAphidsCankerPowdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- vermutl. Ribston Pepping x Blenheim Orange
- Breeder
- Richard Cox
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 130 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Finely aromatic dessert apple of the highest flavour rating (1).
Growth
Medium-vigorous tree.
Yield
Moderate and often irregular; not for difficult sites.
Notes
Not suited to orchard or garden; demanding of site and care and, due to disease susceptibility, of little practical use for smaller plantings. Stores only 2½ to 3 months.
Care
Mittelstarker Wuchs, sehr anspruchsvoll an Standort und Pflege.
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