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Cockpit Improved apple

A Yorkshire cooking apple, highly esteemed in the 19th century. Soft and juicy with plenty of acidity. Cooks to a pleasantly flavoured sweet puree.

USDA identification images for Cockpit Improved

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

    Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

    Visitor reviews

    • 14 Oct 2009  BOISE (ADA) IDAHO, United States
      Searching tree (unkempt) probablyplanted 1950s behind a 1 BR (?Sears?) house. Smallish yellow, unsure of staining as unkempt, fed, and is mass producing on 1988 sucker pull/cut, heavy bloomer, fruit after yard feed is 2" circumfrence, tart, solid, lots of bees but no sign of coddling moth (acidity?). I did not get a chance to cook any of this fruit, as this was a rent house. Neighbor ID'd as 'crab apple' ...doubt it by the size, but some antique varieties were not large and generally id'd as such, expec when tart.

    Tree register

    United Kingdom

    Origins

    • Species: Malus domestica - Apple
    • Parentage: Unknown
    • Originates from: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Introduced: 1831
    • UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1943-010

    Identification

    • Annual cycle: Deciduous

    Using

    • Food uses: Traditional cooker
    • Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Growing

    • Pollinating others: Average
    • Ploidy: Diploid
    • Bearing regularity: Regular

    Climate

    • Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
    • Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)

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    United Kingdom




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