Cox's Orange Pippin apple identification
This is the benchmark for flavor in apples - from a good tree in a good year it can achieve exceptional flavor. Parentage: Ribston Pippin ?. Introduced / discovered in 1825.
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Cox's Orange Pippin at the National Fruit Collection, Kent, England - Fruit -
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Cox's Orange Pippin tree - Tree
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Cox Orange Pippin blossom - Blossom
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Identification
- Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
- Flesh colour - Yellow to Very Yellow
- Fruit size - Small
- Fruit size - Medium
- Fruit size - Large
- Fruit shape - Round
- Fruit shape - Round-conical
- Fruit shape - Conical
- Fruit shape - Oblong-conical
- Fruit shape - Oblong
- Shape features - Regular, round
- Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
- Shape features (vertical view) - Oblique - slanted
- Shape features (vertical view) - Symmetrical
- Shape uniformity - Uniform, in size and shape
- Bultitude apple group - 7. Flushed / striped, some russeting, sweet
- Seeds - size - Medium
- Seeds - size - Large
- Core - Abaxile / Irregular
- Core - Axile / Symmetrical
- Core - Closed
- Core - Open
- Seeds - point - Acute
- Seeds - point - Obtuse
- Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
- Core - carpels - Hollow cylinder at center
- Core - lines - Moderate
- Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Small
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Short
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Funnel
- Calyx Tube - Length - Short
- Calyx Tube - Size - Small
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Basal
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Green with brown tips
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Partially Open
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Convergent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Connivent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Erect
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
- Russet - Present
- Russet % coverage - High
- Russet % coverage - Medium
- Russet % coverage - Low
- Russet details - Capillary lines, Netting, Veins, Webbing
- Russet details - Solid cover - thin
- Russet details - Radiating, stellate, rays, stripes
- Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
- Russet details - In stem cavity
- All green or yellow - Other colors present
- Skin color (when ripe) - Golden Russet
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red-Orange, Scarlet
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red
- Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
- Skin color (when ripe) - Orange - Yellow with Red towards Brown
- Skin color (when ripe) - Variable
- Skin blush - Present
- Skin blush (color) - Orange to Orange Red Brown
- Skin blush (color) - Red to Deep Red into Dark Purple
- Scarf skin - Present
- Suture lines - Not present
- Bloom - Not present
- Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
- Skin feel - Dry
- Skin feel - Smooth
- Stripes - Stripes present
- Stripes (details) - Mottled, marbled
- Stripes (details) - Mixed stripes, colors
- Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
- Stripes (color) - Dark Red
- Stripes (color) - Brownish-red
- Stripes (color) - Scarlet, Carmine (red orange)
- Stripes (color) - Red
- Stem (length) - Does not extend above cavity
- Stem (length) - Variable
- Stem (length) - Short
- Stem (length) - Medium
- Stem (length) - Long
- Stem (thickness) - Medium
- Stem (thickness) - Thick
- Stem cavity (russet) - Gray to Brown Russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Heavy russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Ochre or Green Russet
- Stem (position) - Inclined, Oblique, laying to the side
- Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
- Stem (details) - Variable
- Stem (details) - Knobby, Clubbed
- Stem (color) - Brown
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Flat, Smooth
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Variable
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Shallow
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Brown
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Concentric Lines of Russet
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Green
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Lipped - fold of skin over stem end
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Red
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Scarf, Pale Coating
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Yellow
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Acute, Medium Slope
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Obtuse, gradual slope to stem
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Narrow
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Wide, Broad
- Basin skin - Yellow
- Basin skin - Russet
- Basin skin - Bloom, Scarf, Waxy, Dusty
- Basin skin - Green
- Basin skin - Brown
- Basin skin - Silvery gray
- Basin width - Narrow
- Basin width - Moderate
- Basin russet - Gray to Brown Russet
- Basin russet - Little, light russet
- Basin russet - Smooth, fine Russet
- Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Acute, Regular, Medium slope
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Obtuse, gradual slope to eye
- Basin (side view depth) - Shallow
- Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
- Basin (protruberances) - Smooth, flat
- Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
- Basal lobes - Slightly present
- Basal lobes - Not present
- Dots (description) - Elongated toward stem end
- Dots (description) - Light colored, pale, greyed
- Dots (description) - Same color as background
- Dots (description) - Areolar
- Dots (description) - Gray
- Dots (description) - Russet
- Dots (numbers) - Few
- Dots (numbers) - Moderate
- Dots (numbers) - Numerous
- Dots (size) - Large
- Dots (size) - Small
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
- Dots (spread) - Enter the stem cavity
- Dots (spread) - From Basin lessening toward Cavity
- Flesh (staining) - Not present
- Flesh (texture) - Tender, Soft, Melting
- Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
- Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
- Flesh (grain) - Fine
- Flesh (grain) - Medium
- Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Using
- Uses - Eat fresh
- Uses - Cooking
- Uses - Juice
- Uses - Hard cider
- Uses - Drying
- Flavour quality - Exceptional
- Flavour quality - Very good
- Flavour style - Aromatic
- Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
- Flavour style - Honeyed / Scented
- Flavour style - Sharp / refreshing
- Harvest period - Mid-Late season
- Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected
Growing
- Flowering period - Mid season
- Flowering group - 3
- Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
- First planted - Before 1950
References
- 'Apples for the 21st Century' by Manhart
Listed as Cox's Orange - 'Apples of England' (1948) by Taylor
- 'Fruit Expert' by Hessayon
- Some Antique Apples for Modern Orchards, (2008) by Merwin I.A.
- Cox's Orange Pippin - tasting notes, history, and pedigree on OrangePippin.com