Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Crimson Cox
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A crimson coloured clone of Cox’s Orange Pippin. Discovered in about 1913 by John Harris of Haynes Farm, Carey, Herefordshire. Introduced in 1928. Fruit flavour is reputed to be inferior to Cox’s Orange Pippin.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Crimson Cox United Kingdom, about 1913
- Sport of Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Sport of Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Crimson Cox (accession 1957 - 238), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late september); the other names.
