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Cox Orange Pippin
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 56.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 62.0 mm
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Cox's Orange is a medium-sized, golden-yellow apple with russet markings, raised by Mr. Cox near Slough in 1825 and introduced by Charles Turner around 1850. It features tender, yellow, juicy flesh with exceptional flavor—widely regarded as the richest-flavoured English apple. The variety ripens November to March and is an outstanding dessert apple of high commercial importance.
Flavor & Texture
aromaticcrisp
Best Uses
fresh_eating
5 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Parents
Where to Pick
- LynOaken FarmsOrleans CountyU-Pick
Origin & History
- Status
- heritage
- Origin type
- open pollinated seedling
- Original breeder
- Mr. Cox
- First introduced
- 1850 · Charles Turner
high-flavored
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 112062
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1330
- Wikidata
- Q492655
- MUNQ ID
- 163