Cox's Orange Pippin Apple Trees - Delivered by Mail Order from the Nursery with a 1 Year Guarantee

Cox Orange Pippin apple trees carry quintessentially English eating apples that also juice very well. In a good year, this is one of the all time best tasting apples anywhere. It has a wonderful juicy texture and a complex, tangy, aromatic taste with a hint of spices and suggestion of melons. It doesn't store for long, but the juice from any excess can be frozen indefinitely. The tree itself is quite slow growing and upright; it's ideal for low maintenance cordons & espaliers.

There is a price for perfection and the downside of all Coxs Orange Pippins is that they are more susceptible to disease than some other apple trees. They will generally be happier in the drier Eastern parts of the country although we have a large stock tree here in Somerset that crops wonderfully. We do not spray it with chemicals (winter wash does not count as it is organic) but we do try to follow best practice. Water when it is dry. Mulch annually with well rotted oganic matter. Sweep up and burn fallen leaves. Pick off and destroy rotting fruit. Collect windfalls. If you keep your trees healthy, they will reward you with the best eating apples in the country.

Browse our full range of apple trees for sale or see the full variety of fruit trees available online.

Characteristics of Cox Trees:

Use: Eating. Soft and juicy flesh with a world class flavour.
Spur Bearer: suitable for cordons & espaliers, trained on wires.
Tree's growth habit: Low vigour.
Harvest: Last week of September & first week of October.
Store & ripen in a cool, dry place: Use within 3 weeks.

Rootstocks:
All of our Cox trees are grown on MM106 rootstocks, except for the cordons, which are grown on M9 rootstocks.

Pollination Partners for Cox:
Your trees are reliably self fertile, but will make the best crops when pollinated.
Cox is in pollination Group C.
This means that they will cross-pollinate with other apple trees in pollination Groups B, C and D.
This tree's flowers have poor frost resistance.

See our Guide to Apple Tree Pollination for a full list of partners & more tips about pollination.

Cox Disease notes:
Disease susceptibility: Scab, Canker (easily affected by both), Mildew, Fireblight, Cedar Rust, Bitter Pit (can be prone to these 4 diseases).

History & Parentage:
The original Cox's Orange Pippin was bred around 1825 by Richard Cox of Buckinghamshire. One of its parents is thought to be the Ribston Pippin. The nurseryman Charles Turner began selling it in the 1850's. This self fertile variety was developed from a sport of the original tree in Kent and released in 1994. It appears on any list of the greatest British eating apples.

How Apple Trees are Measured & Delivered:
Our fruit trees are delivered in up to 3 shapes and you can also buy selected apple trees as ready made cordons.
Maiden: This unbranched tree is the smallest starting size. You can train maidens into espaliers and cordons.
Cordon: Cox trees are spur-bearers, so they can be made into cordons and espaliers.
Bush: This is a style of freestanding tree with a short trunk of about 60cms. It will grow to about 3 metres tall.
Half-Standard: This is a freestanding style that will grow into a full sized, "normal" apple tree, about 4 metres tall.

Notes on planting Cox trees:
All fruit trees like a rich soil with decent drainage, protection from the wind and plenty of sun. Apple trees like clay soil, as long as it is not prone to bad waterlogging.
This tree is totally unsuitable for organic growing.
It is not ideal for the more humid, warmer areas in West and South of Britain, where scab and canker are more common. Although it will perform better in a cooler climate, this tree is not recommended for the North & Scotland because its flowers are easily damaged by late spring frosts.

Prepare your site before planting:
Improving the soil in advance of planting your apple trees will help them establish quickly and be productive for years to come. After you have destroyed all the weeds and grass (use a glyphosate based weed-killer for tough weeds), you can dig the soil over. Remove any stones and rubbish and mix in well rotted compost or manure down to the depth of about 2 spades.
You can do this on planting day, but when you do it weeks or months in advance, you will give the soil time to settle again.

Spacing Cox apple trees:
Freestanding bushes: 12-18 feet (4-6 metres) between trees and rows.
Freestanding half-standards: 18-30 feet (6-10 metres) between trees and rows.
In general, allow 1 more metre between rows than there is between each tree in the row.
Wire-trained cordons can be planted in rows 60-100cms apart.
Espaliers need to be spaced at 10-18 feet (3-6 metres) apart.

Watch our video on how to plant a fruit tree for full instructions on planting a bush or half-standard sized tree.
If you are growing a maiden sized apple tree into a freestanding tree, a bamboo cane is enough support.
If you are growing a cordon or espalier, you will need to install training wires to support them.
Remember to water establishing apple trees during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Apple Tree Planting Accessories:
For bush and half standard apple trees, our tree planting pack includes a wooden stake & rubber tie to support the tree and a biodegradable mulch mat with pegs, which protects the soil at the base of your tree from drying out and stops weeds from sprouting.
We recommend using mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of all new trees, especially if your soil is poorly fertile.

Read our full terms and conditions here.

Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Misc	Pollinator, Self fertile, Spur Fruiting
Pollination Group	Pollination Group C
Fruiting	Mid Season Fruiting
Type	Eating

	NUMBER OF PLANTS
SIZES	1-2	3-9	10-24	25+
MAIDEN	Plenty of Stock£16.95	Plenty of Stock£15.95	Plenty of Stock£14.95	Plenty of Stock£13.95
CORDON	Stock = 2 £25.95	Stock = 2 £24.95	Stock = 2 £23.95	Stock = 2 £22.95
BUSH	Plenty of Stock£26.95	Plenty of Stock£25.95	Plenty of Stock£24.95	Plenty of Stock£22.95
1/2 std	Plenty of Stock£29.95	Plenty of Stock£28.95	Plenty of Stock£27.95	Plenty of Stock£26.95

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Cox's Orange Pippin Apple Trees - Delivered by Mail Order from the Nursery with a 1 Year Guarantee