FLANDRES COX
Variety description
Origin:
Sport of Cox’s Orange Pippin
Picking date:
Early
Fruit size:
65/80
Uses:
for farm shops and markets who needs some varieties with much flavour. Traditionnal variety in England
Tree
Blossom date:
2 days before Golden Delicious
Pollinator:
Red Delicious, Golden Delicious; Reine des Reinettes, Elstar, Gala, Falstaff, Idared, Mairac® La Flamboyante
Vigour:
average to good
Time till first cropping / yields:
rapid / average yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning:
susceptible to alternate bearing when the crop load is too weak / easy thinning
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases:
susceptible to scab, mildew and canker
Fruit
Skin / shape:
intense red with a little bit of russet
Flesh / taste:
yellow, fine, firm and juicy; sweet and sharp taste with many flavours
Storage potential:
December in cold store, January in CA storage
Storage (Cold storage):
December in cold store
Group:
Cox
