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, FranceWhere could I buy few trees of this Cherry Cox apple tree ?
- 03 Sep 2015 WASHINGTON, United States3 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
- Albany Appleguy in Castleton, NY
- Elizabeth Otto Hamel in Menlo Park, CA
- Gil Schieber in Snohomish, WASHINGTON
- Jady Morelli in Allendale, MI
- Michael Dryfoos in EDGEWOOD, WA
- Stephen Sain in Los Lunas, NEW MEXICO
- Trevor Roth in Erhard, MINNESOTA
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
Colorado
- Gott Bro's Orchard & Produce, L.L.C., Ignacio
Georgia
- Freedom Farms - Apple & Peach Orchard, Chatsworth
Iowa
- Wilson's Orchard, Iowa City
Washington
- Skipley Farm, Snohomish *** Feature Orchard ***