Malus domestica Heirloom 'Queen Cox' (B.9 Rootstock)
Malus domestica Heirloom ‘Queen Cox’, a sport of the famous 'Cox's Orange Pippin', offers amazing citrus and tropical fruit flavours.
Description:
Malus domestica ‘Queen Cox' is a self-fertile sport of 'Cox's Orange Pippin' that is just as good as the original with slight improvements in colouration, flavour and reliability of production. The fruit is golden with orange-red striping and white, firm, fine-grained, crisp flesh with a complex, multi-dimensional, aromatic, sweet-tart flavour of pear, melon, freshly-squeezed orange juice and mango! A mid-season, late picking variety. Use for fresh eating and cooking/baking. Developed in Bristol, England in the 1970s. Rootstock: B.9 (Dwarf).
Common Name: Apple
Family: Rosaceae (The Rose Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 6-10'
Width: 5-8'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Class: Deciduous
Type: Tree
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Miscellaneous - Garden Origin
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