[2] The variety was introduced for sale by the 1850s by Charles Turner, and grown commercially from the 1860s, particularly in the Vale of Evesham in Worcestershire, and later in Kent.

The apples are of medium size, orange-red in colour, deepening to bright red and mottled with carmine over a deep yellow background.

[citation needed] According to the Institute of Food Research,[5] Cox's Orange Pippin accounts for over 50% of the UK acreage of dessert apples.

However, it can be difficult to grow in many environments, and tends to be susceptible to diseases such as scab, mildew, and canker, so it is rarely grown commercially in North America.

[6] Cox's Orange Pippin is also grown in Belgium and in the Netherlands, countries with a climate similar to that of Great Britain.