Coxs orange pippin is self fertile with sweet and juicy orange amp red stripped apples in autumn apple trees are a pretty shape with a tall trunk and branches which become gnarled as they age deciduous with oval or elliptic green leaves apple trees give a glorious show of blossom in spring opening white from pink buds fruit is produced in late summer and autumn a hardy tree it likes sun and well drained fertile soil but will tolerate clay soil suitable for meduim to large gardens