Cox's Orange Pippin
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Cox's Orange Pippin is a cultivar of apple. The first plant was raised from a pip (of unknown origin, possibly from a Ribston Pippin) around 1825, at Colnbrook in England by a retired brewer and horticulturist Richard Cox. The variety was introduced for sale by the 1850s, and grown commercially from the 1860s, particularly in the Vale of Evesham, and later in Kent. A number of crosses and sports from the Cox's have been discovered over subsequent years, and these retain "Cox" in their names e.g. Crimson Cox, King Cox, Queen Cox.
It is said to be the only apple in which, when shaken, the pips make a rattling sound as they are only loosely held in the apple flesh, whereas other apples have their pips contained as part of the apple flesh.
According to the Institute of Food Research [1], Cox's Orange Pippin accounts for over 50% of the UK area of dessert apples.
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