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Cox's Orange Pippin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1825 by Richard Cox at Colnbrook Lawn, Slough, Buckinghamshire and introduced by Charles Turner in about 1850. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1962. Fruits are juicy and sweet with a rich, aromatic, nutty flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Apelsinnyi renet, Aranciata di Cox, Cos Orange, Cox, Cox Narancs Renet, Cox Orange, Cox Orange Pippin, Cox Orangen Pippin, Cox Orangen Reinette, Cox Orangen Renette, Cox' Orangen, Cox' Orangen-renette, Cox's Orange, Cox's Orange Pepping, Cox's Orange Reinette, Cox's Orange-Peppin, Cox's Orange-Pippeling, Cox's Orangen Pippin, Cox's Orangen Reinette, Cox's Orangen-Reinette, Cox's Pomeranzen Pepping, Cox's Pomeranzen-pepping, Coxova Reneta, Kemp's Orange, Kempe's Orange, Koksa Pomaranczowa, Koksova oranjeva reneta, Orange de Cox, Oranjevii renet, Peppeling Cox Orange, Pomaranczowe Coxa, Reinette Cox's Orangen, Reinette Orange, Reinette Orange de Cox, Renet Coksa, Renet Cox Portocaliu, Renet Coxa, Renet Portocaliu, Reneta Coxa pomaranzowa, Russet Pippin, Verbesserte Muscat Reinette, Verbesserte Muscat-Reinette
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
- Parentage:
- Ribston Pippin x Unknown
- Mother to:
- Ingrid Marie
- Cox's Early Export
- Saint Everard
- Feltham Beauty
- Saint Cecilia
- Edith Hopwood
- Kidd's Orange Red
- Celt
- Merton Worcester
- Fortune
- Winston
- Woolbrook Pippin
- Golden Bounty
- Francis (Thorrington)
- Channel Beauty
- Laxton's Royalty
- Ruby (Thorrington)
- Gloucester Cross
- Ivette
- Carswell's Orange
- Polly Prosser
- Rosy Blenheim
- Advance
- Dalice
- Lynn's Pippin
- South Park
- Ballard Beauty
- Ball's Pippin
- Wardington Seedling
- Pioneer (1)
- Laxton's Victory
- Laxton's Favourite
- Laxton's Pearmain
- William Crump
- Hereford Cross
- King George V
- Sunset
- Anna Boelens
- Worcester Cross
- Langley Pippin
- Sunburn
- Carswell's Honeydew
- Merton Pippin
- Red Ingrid Marie
- Oranje de Sonnaville
- Kalco
- Sunset Sport
- Fiesta
- Elektra
- Prinses Beatrix
- Oxford Sunrise
- Directeur van de Plassche
- Jupiter
- Stowell Cox
- Winston coloured sport
- Leonie de Sonnaville
- Kosmonaut
- Clopton Red
- Ellison's Orange
- Father to:
- Prinses Irene
- Houblon
- Jan Steen
- Barry
- Lucullus
- Dunning
- Prinses Marijke
- Prince Charles
- Freyberg
- Acme
- Tydeman's Late Orange
- Merton Russet
- Rubens
- Koningin Juliana
- High View Pippin
- Newport Cross
- Prinses Margriet
- Laxton's Triumph
- Chad's Favourite
- Allington Pippin
- Epicure
- Eden
- Renown
- Rival
- Schweizer Orange
- Exquisite
- Arthur W. Barnes
- Merton Beauty
- Merton Prolific
- Millicent Barnes
- Barnack Orange
- Merton Joy
- Paroquet
- Charles Ross
- Merton Charm
- Primus
- Prins Bernhard
- Laxton's Superb
- Clivia
- Merton Pearmain
- Golden Nugget
- Atalanta (Netherlands)
- Dukat Spur
- Dukat
- President Boudewijn
- Mimi
- Meridian
- Sports:
- Kortegaard Cox
- Crimson Cox
- King Cox
- Queen Cox
- Clarke's Royal
- Cox La Vera
- Red Cox
- Cherry Cox
- Frydeland Cox
- Vegi Cox
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 56.00mm 2
- Width
- 62.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
Accession No.
2000 - 008
- Accession name
- Cox's Orange Pippin (LA)
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019