Cox's Orange Pippin Apple tree
Owner: Jim
Location: Mequon, WI, United States
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Age: | Planted in about 2007 |
Age of this tree: | 19 years |
Soil: | Clay |
Climate at this location: | Influenced by Lake Michigan |
Pruning: | Prune |
Tree form: | Central leader (widest at bottom) |
Height: | Taller than 15ft / 4m |
Cropping: | Biennial cropping (alternate years) |
Growth: | This tree grows fairly well here |
Herbicides: | Chemical treatments |
Pesticides: | Chemical treatments |
Owner's comments
From Vintage Virginia ApplesSeason records for this tree
2023
Spring blossom: 16 May2023
Spring blossom: 16 May
Harvest: 2nd week September 200kg / 440lbs
Although known to be biennial, my Cox Orange Pippin has produced well, yearly, since it’s been planted. I’ve read any number of times that it can be a tough tree to grow in the heat and humidity, but I am within 1 mile lake Michigan, which does moderate temperatures.2022
Harvest: 4th week September 250kg / 550lbs
Size: 4.5m / 15.0ft high
Fantastic crop this year.2022
Harvest: 4th week September 120kg / 264lbs
Size: 4.5m / 15.0ft high
Fantastic crop this year.2021
Spring blossom: 24 May
Harvest: 4th week September 100kg / 220lbs
Size: 4.5m / 15.0ft high 2.5m / 8.3ft wide
Good crop again!2020
Spring blossom: 23 May
Harvest: 4th week September 100kg / 220lbs
Size: 5.0m / 16.7ft high 3.5m / 11.7ft wide
Sooty blootch, fly speck- not treated in mid-august2019
Spring blossom: 28 May
Harvest: 1st week October 100kg / 220lbs
Size: 4.5m / 15.0ft high 3.0m / 10.0ft wide
Somewhat light crop. Not sprayed after 8/1. Some sooty blotch. As usual, great taste.2018
Harvest: 3rd week September 100kg / 220lbs
Size: 4.5m / 15.0ft high 3.5m / 11.7ft wide
Canker: Not present
Scab: Not present
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Not present
Codling moth: Not present
Delicious crop with large apples in the “off” (biennial) year. Blak soot and fly speck as trees were not sprayed in August.2017
Size: 4.5m / 15.0ft high