Queen Cox Self-Fertile Apple

Malus domestica ‘Queen Cox’

This patented, self-fertile clone has the complex flavor, mellow aftertaste and captivating aroma of the famed Cox’s Orange Pippin. Queen Cox sets bumper crops of delicious fruit each year, without a pollinizer, even when fruit set is poor on other apples, including other Cox-type apples. The fruit of Queen Cox is larger and the tree more disease-resistant than the original Cox, but the fruit retains the firm texture and complex sweet/tart flavor that has made the Cox family of apples justifiably famous.

Fruit ripens in early September. One of the very few reliably self fertile apples suitable for most American gardeners. Requires approx. 800 chill hours to successfully bloom and set fruit.

USDA Zone: 4-9

Grow Height: 5′ (Mini Dwarf), 11′ (Dwarf), 25′ (Standard)

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: September

Pollination: Self Fertile

Mini Dwarf Rootstock: M27

Dwarf Rootstock: EMLA 26

Standard Rootstock: Antanovka 

Semi-Dwarf Espalier Rootstock: MM106

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