Flanders Cox

An attractive red sport of Cox's Orange Pippin from France.

Origin: France, 1942

Pollination: Flanders Cox is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Flanders Cox

Flanders Cox (Cox Rouge de Flandres) is a French sport of Cox's Orange Pippin discovered c 1942 with redder and flatter shaped fruit but essentially the same fruit. See Cox's Orange Pippin for further details.

Characteristics of Flanders Cox apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Aromatic
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Late Sep/Early Oct
Season of use	Oct-Dec
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	11
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin