Cox’s Orange Pippen Apple Tree
Cox's Orange Pippin is regarded by the British as the finest flavored dessert apple. Medium size, conical fruit with rather dull finish; red stripes over thin, tough, smooth orange skin. Firm, tender, juicy, aromatic, yellow flesh. Distinctive flavor; mellow aftertaste and unsurpassed aroma. Excellent processing apple for desserts, pies, cooking, and cider. Keeps from October to January. Tree produces many branches which require thinning; early bearer. Blooms late, missing most frosts. Scab susceptible. Ripens from mid-September to mid-October. Requires 600-800 hours of chilling. Hardy from zones 4-8. Used as a parent in many breeding programs. Seedling of Ribston Pippin from England in 1830.
Root Stock: G969: 12-15ft, 15 ft between trees. Semi-dwarf, 12-15ft, resistant to fireblight, crown rot, and woolly apple aphid with good cold hardiness.
Sun: Full Sun
Region of Origin: United Kingdom
Container Size: 3 gal
Caliper: <1/2"
Cox's Orange Pippin is regarded by the British as the finest flavored dessert apple. Medium size, conical fruit with rather dull finish; red stripes over thin, tough, smooth orange skin. Firm, tender, juicy, aromatic, yellow flesh. Distinctive flavor; mellow aftertaste and unsurpassed aroma. Excellent processing apple for desserts, pies, cooking, and cider. Keeps from October to January. Tree produces many branches which require thinning; early bearer. Blooms late, missing most frosts. Scab susceptible. Ripens from mid-September to mid-October. Requires 600-800 hours of chilling. Hardy from zones 4-8. Used as a parent in many breeding programs. Seedling of Ribston Pippin from England in 1830.
Root Stock: G969: 12-15ft, 15 ft between trees. Semi-dwarf, 12-15ft, resistant to fireblight, crown rot, and woolly apple aphid with good cold hardiness.
Sun: Full Sun
Region of Origin: United Kingdom
Container Size: 3 gal
Caliper: <1/2"
Cox's Orange Pippin is regarded by the British as the finest flavored dessert apple. Medium size, conical fruit with rather dull finish; red stripes over thin, tough, smooth orange skin. Firm, tender, juicy, aromatic, yellow flesh. Distinctive flavor; mellow aftertaste and unsurpassed aroma. Excellent processing apple for desserts, pies, cooking, and cider. Keeps from October to January. Tree produces many branches which require thinning; early bearer. Blooms late, missing most frosts. Scab susceptible. Ripens from mid-September to mid-October. Requires 600-800 hours of chilling. Hardy from zones 4-8. Used as a parent in many breeding programs. Seedling of Ribston Pippin from England in 1830.
Root Stock: G969: 12-15ft, 15 ft between trees. Semi-dwarf, 12-15ft, resistant to fireblight, crown rot, and woolly apple aphid with good cold hardiness.
Sun: Full Sun
Region of Origin: United Kingdom
Container Size: 3 gal
Caliper: <1/2"
