Cox Orange remains a benchmark for flavour, combining sweetness, acidity and complex notes sometimes reminiscent of pear and spices. Its fine, juicy flesh is outstanding for fresh eating. We recommend healthy soil and a sheltered position. However, it is a demanding, non-self-fertile cultivar and is more disease-prone than easier modern garden apples.
Cox’s Orange Pippin
Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
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Often regarded as the finest of all apples, Cox’s Orange Pippin sets the benchmark for flavour to which all others aspire. The aromatic complexity and depth of flavours 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, 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 flavour when baked, and is a common ingredient in English apple preserves, chutneys, and mincemeat.
Variety characteristics
Origin and identity
Growth and adaptation
Disease behaviour
Pollination
Compatible pollinating varieties
For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 3 - mid season.
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