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Cherry Cox apple

Malus domestica
Often shows dark red stripes and splashes of the solid red fruit. Keeps in storage one month longer than others of it's type.

USDA identification images for Cherry Cox

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

    Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

    Sport

    This variety is a sport (natural genetic mutation) of: Cox's Orange Pippin

    Visitor reviews

    • 26 Feb 2016  PARIS, France
      Where could I buy few trees of this Cherry Cox apple tree ?
    • 03 Sep 2015  WASHINGTON, United States
      3 trees. Few apples this year. Not representative as it was dry and hot. Great color, mod. sweet, soft fairly quick, an ok apple, not a standout.

    Tree register

    United States

    Spring blossom records for this variety

    2016 season

    • 10th April  2016  - tree owned by Gil in Snohomish, United States

    2015 season

    • 14th April  2015  - tree owned by Gil in Snohomish, United States

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    Harvest records for this variety

    2015 season

    • 2nd week September  2015  - tree owned by Gil in Snohomish, United States

    Origins

    • Species: Malus domestica - Apple
    • Parentage: Sport of Cox's Orange Pippin
    • Originates from: Denmark
    • Introduced: 1942
    • Developed by: Found by Mr Roed in Kjer's Orchard, Linved, Hjallese, Denmark
    • UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1984-173

    Identification

    • Country of origin: Denmark
    • Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    • Fruit colour: Red
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    • Annual cycle: Deciduous
    • Flesh colour: White
    • Fruit size: Average
    • Fruit shape: Flat-round
    • Alleles: 5
    • Alleles: 9

    Using

    • Picking season: Mid
    • Keeping (of fruit): 1-2 months
    • Flavour quality: Exceptional
    • Flavour style (apples): Aromatic
    • Cooking result: Keeps shape
    • Discoloration of fruit: Slightly oxidising (browns slowly)
    • Juice style: Sweeter
    • Cropping: Good
    • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
    • Food uses: Eating fresh
    • Food uses: Culinary
    • Food uses: Juice
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Growing

    • Gardening skill: Experienced
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Pollinating others: Average
    • Ploidy: Diploid
    • Vigour: Weak growing
    • Precocity: Precocious
    • Bearing regularity: Regular
    • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
    • Attractive features: Attractive flowers
    • Attractive features: Attractive fruit
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Sunlight: Prefers full sun
    • Feathers on maiden: Often has feathers

    Climate

    • Frost resistance of blossom: Susceptible
    • Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 5 (-29C)
    • Chill requirement: High-chill
    • Climate suitability: Temperate climates
    • Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
    • Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)

    Other qualities

    • Disease resistance: Poor
    • Powdery mildew: Some susceptibility
    • Fire blight: Some susceptibility
    • Cedar apple rust: Some susceptibility
    • Canker: Very susceptible
    • Scab (Apple and Pear): Very susceptible

    Where to buy fresh fruit

    The following orchards grow Cherry Cox:

    United States




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