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Cox's Orange Pippin apple trees

Pick: Mid-season    Flowering group: 3       Uses: Eat fresh | Cookery | Juicing 
Cox's Orange Pippin apple tree

This is the classic English apple, often regarded as the finest of all apples. It sets the benchmark for flavour in apples to which all others aspire. The aromatic complexity and depth of flavours in a good Cox's Orange Pippin are remarkable. In our personal experience pear, melon, freshly-squeezed orange juice, and mango are all readily evident in a good example.

Cox's Orange Pippin is a mid/late season variety and is probably at its best if picked when fully ripe, or picked slightly under-ripe and left in storage for a month or so - it is not a long-keeper though.

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 flavor when baked, and is a common ingredient in English apple preserves, chutneys, and mincemeat.

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Cox's Orange Pippin apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M27 rootstock £38.00
Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year patio-tree - 11.5L pot - M27 rootstock £39.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)1-year - 3L pot - M9 rootstock £30.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M9 rootstock £38.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M26 rootstock £38.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - 3L pot - MM106 rootstock £30.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £38.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard premium - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £45.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)1-year - Bare-root - M27 rootstock £30.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)1-year - Bare-root - M9 rootstock
Queen Cox		£29.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)2-year - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £36.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock
Queen Cox		£29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £36.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock
Not self-fertile		£29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £33.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £36.00
Full size (5m+)1-year - Bare-root - M25 rootstock
Not self-fertile		£30.00
Full size (5m+)Standard 1.75m - Bare-root - M25 rootstock
Not self-fertile		£36.00

Pot-grown cordon fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon premium - 12L pot - M9 rootstock £39.00

Bare-root cordon fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £33.00

Partially-trained fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Please review the product details to make sure these are suitable for your requirements
Large (3m - 4m)Fan/espalier part-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock
Queen Cox		£38.00

Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (Delivery start September 2013)

Price excludes delivery and delivery restrictions may apply
Large (3m - 4m)Espalier 2-tier -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00 Sold out
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Large (3m - 4m)Fan 4-arm -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00Enquire

**All prices include delivery (except certain fan-trained or espalier-trained or mature trees). We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

2-year pot-grown Fan-trained and Espalier trees: Prices of these trees do NOT include delivery as they require special delivery arrangements. Delivery is not possible to all areas. Click here for details or contact us to find out more. These restrictions do not apply to our 1-year part-trained trees or cordons.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. Click here to be notified when we get more trees of this variety.



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Rubinette apple trees

Gets very close to the flavour of Cox's Orange Pippin, and has a wider climate range.
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Fiesta apple trees

One of the best alternatives to Cox's Orange Pippin, with a good sweet-tangy Cox-like flavour.
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Sunset apple trees

An excellent substitute for Cox's Orange Pippin, much easier to grow.
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Herefordshire Russet apple trees

A Cox-style russet - Cox's Orange Pippin is one of its parents.
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Kidd's Orange Red apple trees

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Summary features of Cox's Orange Pippin

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colour: Orange flush
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Cox's Orange Pippin

Cox's Orange Pippin is in flowering group 3. Cox's Orange Pippin is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.



How to grow Cox's Orange Pippin apple trees

The main issue with growing Cox's Orange Pippin is its relatively poor disease resistance which can reduce cropping, although this is perhaps not such an issue for the garden or community orchard as it is for commercial growers. As a rule it generally performs better in the drier parts of the UK. Growers in wetter areas might want to consider Fiesta or Sunset, which are closely related and have similar flavour yet are much easier to grow.

With regard to pollination, Cox's Orange Pippin is somewhat unusual because it is available in both self-fertile and self-sterile forms. In general we recommend that you try to have a nearby pollination partner as this will improve cropping.



Varieties with similar picking times to Cox's Orange Pippin

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Meridian
Norfolk Royal Russet
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Red Devil
Red Windsor
Saint Edmund's Russet
Worcester Pearmain

Alkmene
Charles Ross
Gala
Holstein
Ribston Pippin

Allington Pippin
Bardsey
Egremont Russet
Honeycrisp
Red Delicious
Santana
Sunset
Tickled Pink



Historical details

Raised by Richard Cox, in Buckinghamshire, England, in the early 19th century. The parentage is unknown but it is possibly a seedling of Ribston Pippin.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Cox's Orange Pippin



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