Improved Cockpit

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A larger form of Cockpit, first recorded in 1902. Fruits have fairly soft, coarse flesh with a subacid and a little sweet, insipid flavour.

Synonyms:
Cockpit Improved

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1943 - 010   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Improved Cockpit

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Oblong 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register