Cox's Pomona

A very attractive and colourful mid season dual purpose apple.

Origin: Buckinghamshire UK, 1825

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

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History and description of Cox's Pomona

Raised in about 1825 by Richard Cox of Colnbrook Lawn, Slough, Buckinghamshire, and introduced by Mr Smale, Nurseryman, Colnbrook c 1850. Said to be a seedling of Ribston Pippin.

A very attractive large fruit, flat-round and irregular. Broad, well rounded ribs. Very smooth greasy skin, pale greenish-yellow to yellow and up to three-quarters flushed orange red with fairly broad broken bright red stripes. The flesh is white, soft, juicy, and of a fine flavour. Crisp but quite sharp when eaten fresh and of fine flavour when cooked. Does not break up completely when cooked. Makes a good baked apple.

Moderately vigorous, upright-spreading tree. Produces spurs fairly freely. Produces regular good crops.

Characteristics of Cox's Pomona apple trees

Use	Dual Cul & Des
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sharp
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Mid/Late Sep
Season of use	Sep-Dec
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Suitable for	Hardy Northern Britain
Special features	Attractive Blossom
Pollination date	14
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Ribston Pippin
Progeny	Mrs Phillimore