Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Cockle Pippin
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in about 1800 by Mr Cockle at Godstone, Surrey. Fruits have firm, fine-textured somewhat dry flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
Sources
- Cockle Pippin (accession 2000 - 027), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october); the other names.
