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Cox's Orange Pippin

Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox's Orange Pippin is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Keeping: 1-2 months
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Although primarily considered a variety for eating fresh, Cox is an excellent apple for juice / cider blends as well. It is also a versatile culinary apple, with an inherently sweet flavour when baked, and is a common ingredient in English apple preserves, chutneys, and mincemeat.

Trained Cox's Orange Pippin apple trees for sale

  • 1Tree form iconLarge Espalier (starter) tree £45.00
    Supplied with 1 tier and a leader, for training on as an espalier or palmette. Approx. mature size: 3m wide and 2.5m high. Potential for 3-5 tiers. bare-root.
    Sold-out for this season
  • 2Tree form iconLarge Fan (starter) tree £45.00
    Supplied with 2 primary arms for training on as a fan. Approx mature size: 3m-4m wide and up to 2.5m high. bare-root.
    Sold-out for this season

Growing and Training

This is a particularly good variety to grow in any of the trained forms, because training generally enhances the flavours by reducing the crop-load and increasing exposure to sunlight.


Cox's Orange Pippin characteristics

  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Picking period (southern UK)mid-September
  • CroppingGood
  • Keeping1-2 months
  • Food usesEating freshCulinaryJuice
  • Disease resistancePoor
  • CankerVery susceptible
  • ScabVery susceptible
  • MildewSome susceptibility
  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colourOrange flush

Similar varieties

  • See also Fiesta
    Fiesta
    Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour, and a good choice for wall or cordon training.
  • See also Red Windsor
    Red Windsor
    Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.