(Malus domestica) English heirloom variety first grown in 1830 by the retired brewer and horticulturist Richard Cox. This is the benchmark for flavor in apples - from a good tree in a good year it can achieve exceptional flavor. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1962. Fruits are juicy and sweet with a rich, aromatic, nutty flavour. Thin, smooth, dull orange-red skin with patchy red stripes. Flesh yellow, firm, tender, very juicy. Variable in size from small to medium, it is richly flavoured when fully ripe. The best-known English apple.