Cox's Orange Pippin

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• 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.

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Trained Cox's Orange Pippin apple trees for sale

• 1Large Espalier (starter) tree £30.00
  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.

  Available next season
• 2Large 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.

  Available next season
• 3Large Fan (starter) tree £30.00
  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.

  Available next 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

• 
  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.
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  Red Windsor
  Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.