Around the World in 40 Fruits – Volume 14 – By Dr. Marli Botha – Article 14 of 40
By Dr. Marli Botha
Why did the Cox’s Orange Pippin cross the road? To get to the sweet side! Cox’s Orange Pippin is an apple cultivar first grown in the 1800’s at Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire, England, by the retired brewer and horticulturist Richard Cox. Cox’s Orange Pippin apples are one of the heirloom apple varieties found within Brogdale Collections, a specialty farm near the city of Faversham in Kent, England.
Let’s crunch into the crisp, fragrant world of the Cox’s Orange Pippin – a fruit with roots, character, and class!
- Cox’s flavour is sprightly subacid, with hints of cherry and anise, becoming softer and milder with age.
- When ripe apples are shaken, the seeds make a rattling sound as they are only loosely held in the apple’s flesh
- Cox’s Orange Pippin apples, prized for their sweet-tart, aromatic flavor, are versatile and delicious, enjoyed fresh, used in baking, and even in cider and chutney.
- The apples also provide vitamin C to strengthen the immune system, vitamin B6 to maintain amino acid levels within the bloodstream, quercetin to contribute anti-inflammatory and antioxidant-like properties to protect the cells against free radical damage, and other amounts of vitamin K, copper, boron, calcium, and manganese.
