Apple varieties, United Kingdom
King Cox
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A more striped form of Cox’s Orange Pippin. It was discovered by R.W. Giles at Perryfields, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1959. Fruits are juicy and sweet with a rich aromatic, nutty flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- King Cox United Kingdom, by 1959
- 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
- King Cox (accession 1960 - 039), 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.
