Cox’s Orange Pippin Origin: 1825 UK Description: Cox’s Orange Pippin is the benchmark richly flavored, aromatic English dessert apple. It accounts for 50% of commercially produced English dessert apples and is a genetically important parent to many choice varieties. Uses: Fresh Eating, Cider Flavor: Sweet, Aromatic Fruit Size: Medium Flowering period: Ploidy: Vigor: Med- Lower Ripens: Chill Hours: Keeps: 3+ Months Scab: Susceptible Fireblight: Cedar Apple Rust: Image Courtesy of: U.S. Department of Agriculture