The Cox Apple

[anotheoldgit]

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They say the Cox apple is losing it's appeal amongst apple eaters, do you agree?

While still retaining it's great tangy taste the only problem is that it is only being grown to a certain uniform size for the supermarkets, so now they are far too small.

The apple I now prefer is the Jonagold , a good size apple with a superb taste, and the added bonus is that they are only a fraction of the cost of other apples in my local supermarket, and they retain their availability and price throughout the year.

[Coldicote]

I agree with what you say about Jonagold and prefer them to Cox apples, which nowadays seem to be too hard and not 'natural' any more.

[brid]

We still love Coxs apples. Theyre very firm. Mom has 2 of these trees in her garden so we get a plentiful supply too.

[woofgang]

The other thing with Cox is that naturally they have a short season. Me I love seasonal, can't wait for the first jerseys, asparagus and so on so its not a problem, but folk do want consistency. Out telco has decent sized cox and small ones btw....you get smaller fruit in drier summers

[woofgang]

Not telco tesco

[heathfield]

The EU tried to introduce a regulation banning the sale of apples below a minimum size. With the suggested size, this would have meant that the sale of Coxs would have become illegal. Fortunately, the UK representative handed out Coxs to all the delegates. Once they'd tasted them, and were told that this was the size they grew to, they changed their minds over the proposed regulation. Thank goodness!

[redman41]

Really nice Apple the Cox, probably the Supermarkets stock mostly the ones grown in Kent, the garden of England.

[nannakath]

I like Cox apples also I look for English produce so annoyed I can`t find any at all where I shopped recently.