A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 4-8m high.
Origin: from breeding program at East Malling Res. Sta, East Malling, Kent, England, by F.H. Alston and R. Watkins. Introd. in 1974. Protected by Plant Breeders’ Rights. Cox’s Orange Pippin × Court Pendu Plat; tested as A 1585. Tree: vigorous, spreading; high yields every year; triploid, pollen not viable; late flowering, 6 days later than Cox’s Orange Pippin; avoids spring frost; can be pollenized by Golden Delicious and Kent; trees on M.7 not precocious. Fruit: 65 mm in diam. and larger; color orange red blush and stripes on a greenish golden ground, russet, appearance similar to Cox’s Orange Pippin; shape slightly flattened; high acidity, fully aromatic flavor; high quality; ripens late; at 3.3 °C, stores well until late March, but subject to low-temperature breakdown at 1.7 °C.
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