Cox's Orange Pippin Apple Tree

Cox’s Orange Pippin is a dessert apple with medium fruit, greenish-yellow skin, orange-red flush and red stripes. The spur-bearing cultivar is known for its rich flavor, but it crops best when soil, weather, rootstock, and pollination are suited to the site. ## Fruit and Growing Conditions RHS places this cultivar in pollination group 3, so plant a compatible apple with overlapping bloom unless a suitable pollinizer is already nearby. Its fruit is used from October through January in the United Kingdom; harvest and storage timing vary by climate. The [RHS cultivar profile](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/346378/malus-domestica-cox-orange/details) recommends full sun and favorable soil and weather for reliable crops. It lists a broad mature range of 4–8 metres and notes that rootstock and training determine size. Rootstock also determines vigor, so use a locally suitable rootstock for the available space. ## Uses This is a fresh-eating dessert apple, and the fruit can also be used in cooking. Cox’s Orange Pippin has separate self-fertile sports; those are distinct selections and should not be confused with the original cultivar listed here. The [Cox’s Orange Pippin profile](https://www.orangepippin.com/varieties/apples/coxs-orange-pippin) distinguishes these forms and notes that the original cultivar is not self-fertile. ## Maintenance Prune regularly to maintain the chosen tree form and support fruiting spurs. Keep the area around the trunk clear, and thin fruit if the crop is heavy. Monitor for apple scab, fire blight, canker, aphids, and codling moth, which are among the problems noted for this cultivar.