PLATE LIV. 
4. COCKLE’S PIPPIN. 
[Syn : Nutmeg Pippin; Nutmeg Cockle; Brown Cockle ; White Cock lei] 
This variety was raised by a person of the name of Cockle, near Godstone, in Surrey. The 
date of its origin is not given, but it was probably towards the commencement of the present century. 
Lindley gives a characteristic figure of it, PI. 136. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, conical or ovate, and slightly angular on the sides. 
Skin : greenish yellow, changing as it ripens to deeper yellow, dotted with small grey dots, and 
covered all over the base with delicate pale brown russet. Eye : small and slightly closed, set in an 
irregular and somewhat angular basin. Stalk : an inch long, rather slender, and obliquely inserted 
in a round and deep cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh : yellowish, firm, tender, crisp, juicy 
and sugary, with a pleasant aromatic flavour. 
An excellent dessert apple of the finest quality, in season from January to April. It is much 
valued in the London market from its good keeping qualities. 
The tree is hardy and bears well, but is rather apt to canker. It is grown abundantly in 
Sussex and the adjoining counties. It succeeds well upon the Paradise stock in a sheltered place, 
but is best grown as a standard on the Crabstock. 
