Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Queen Cox
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A more highly coloured clone of Cox’s Orange Pippin. It was discovered at Appleby Fruit Farm, Kingston Bagpuize, Berkshire. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1953. Fruits have firm, slightly acid, juicy flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Queen Cox United Kingdom, by 1953
- 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
- Queen Cox (accession 1987 - 037), 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).
