Many others have the same view although it is a reasonably adult taste with acidity.

Botanical name. Malus domestica 'Queen Cox' Other names. Apple 'Queen Cox' Genus. Malus Malus. Variety or Cultivar 'Queen Cox' _ 'Queen Cox' is an upright, self-fertile, spreading apple tree with pure white flowers in late spring, followed by juicy, red dessert apples for harvesting in autumn.

In the early s a self-fertile sport of Cox's Orange Pippin was introduced which in all other respects remains identical to the original.

Nov 11, Queen Cox is a self-fertile sport (or possibly self-fertile seedling) of Cox's Orange Pippin. It has a slightly improved coloration, and the flavour is just as good as the original.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that it is a bit more reliable than Cox's Orange Pippin - though this 3/5(1). I have a Queen Cox on dwarf rootstock. It bloomed its second year. They dont' always bloom that early and some people consider precocious blooming to be undesirable, thinking it limits future growth. I dunno. Sometimes fruit trees don't bloom when young because they're growing too fast, especially if they're being pushed with fertilizer.

Choose another variety Pollination of Queen Cox apple trees Your Queen Cox apple tree is in flowering group bushdig.bar is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting will usually be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.

The pot can be your problem.

The following varieties will pollinate this apple queen cox apple tree pruning. (Most white-blossom crab-apples will also be good pollinators for. Bitter Pit is another problem which commonly affects Cox's Orange Pippin trees. The signs are small brown marks over the surface of the apple. Confirmation of the problem is easy, cut the apple in half and see if the marks go well into the flesh of the apple. See the picture below for. Dessert Apple Queen Cox fruit trees - A self-fertile clone that needs no other variety for bushdig.bar Cox is a more highly coloured clone of Cox's Orange Pippin that was discovered at Appleby Fruit Farm, Kingston Bagpuize, Berkshire and then received by the National Fruit Trials in Brand: Blackmoorfruit.

PRUNE A THREE YEAR OLD TREE. Prune from December to February. Pruning is similar to the two-year old tree - the pink coloured parts of the tree show growth in the previous year, this should not be pruned. The black coloured side shoots should all be pruned by a third.

Always prune to just above an outward facing bud. Aug 18, Step 2. The shoots in need of pruning are those produced this year – usually laterals from the main branches – which are around cm long. Cut these back to within three to four leaves of last year’s growth. Cutting new shoots back to three or four buds.