On 2018-04-11, john west wrote:
Having spent part of my childhood in Kent, i know a genuine Cox's Orange
Pippin apple when i bite into one.
A while ago we bought a so called Cox's apple tree. While it had a hint
of the Cox's flavour, it was definitely *not* the real thing.
Is there any way when we buy another tree that we can ensure that it is
the real Cox's we are buying? Thanks.

There is no such variety as "Cox" but Joan Morgan and Alison Richards'
excellant Book of Apples lists the following apple varieties with Cox in
their names...

Cox's Early Export
Cox's Pomona
Cox's Orange Pippin

it also lists the following "sports" of Cox's Orange Pippin...

Cherry Cox
Cox Red Sport
Cox Rouge des Flandres
Cox's Orange Pippin Spur type
Crimson Cox
King Cox
Kortegard Cox
Queen Cox

The sports will also be different to the classic Coxs Orange Pippin. I
have also read that the fruit can vary depending on what root stock is
used.

I have often wondered what variety I am eating when I buy what is
described as a "Cox" at a supermarket, because it does not resemble what I
know as a Coxs Orange Pippin.

cheers
Jim