Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Cockpit
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in Yorkshire. First recorded in 1831. Fruits have coarse flesh with a slightly acid, almost astringent flavour.
Sources
- Cockpit (accession 1943 - 012), 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 (early october); the other names.
