Richard Cox
and the Cox's Orange Pippin
Richard Cox
and
the
Cox's Orange Pippin
Celebrate - Apple Day, October 21st
We hope that on Apple Day each year the orchard will become the focus of a local festival. Perhaps it will give the impetus to making Colnbrook an orchard again. Why not plant fruit trees in your garden and ask the Brough of Spelthorne to plant them in the verges? Become a dabbler (planter of apple pips) like Richard Cox. A new rich variety may be waiting to be born....
Ask the pubs to specialise in Cox's Orange Pippin tarts and juice and other apple-related food. The growing, celebration and enjoyment of this famous fruit can only add to the identity and local distinctiveness of Colnbrook.
The orchard is in Albany Park off Park Street, Colnbrook. From the M25, take the exit at Junction 14 to Poyle. At the first roundabout on Horton Road turn right onto Poyle Road, then turn left at the junction of Poyle Road and Park Street. Albany Park is the third road on the right.
Some of the names given to the Cox's Orange Pippin all over the world: Aranciata di Cox, Cox's Orangen Reinette, Coxova Reneta, Cox's Orangen Peppin, Cox's Orange Pepping, Cox's Orange Pippeling, Cox's Pomeranzen-Pepping, Koksova oranjeva renata, Koksa Pomaranczowa, Orange de Cox, Reneta Coxa pomeranzowa, Renet Cox Portocaliu.
Some offspring of the Cox's Orange Pippin: Advance, Allington Pippin, Arthur W Barnes, Barnack Orange, Charles Ross, Ellison's Orange, Epicure, Exquisite, Fortune, Kidd's Orange Red, King George V, Langley Pippin, Laxton's Superb, Merton Beauty, Merton Charm, Merton Joy, Merton Wonder, Saint Cecilia, Sunset, Suntan, Tydeman's Late Orange, Winston.
The creation of the community orchard has been made possible with help from the following: The Colne Valley Park Standing Conference, The Countryside Commission's Task Force Trees, English Apples and Pears, J Sainsbury plc, South East Arts Board, the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey County Council and Edward Pryor & Son. The trees were provided by JC Allgrove in Langley, Slough, and the Blackmoor Nurseries, Liss, Hampshire.
