Alfriston
syn. Alfreston, Alfristan, Freen Grove, Green Goose, Lord Gweyder's Newton Pippin, Lord Gwydir's Newton Pippin, Lord Gwydr's Newton Pippin, Lord Gwydr's Newtown Pippin, Lord Gwydyr's Newton Pippin, Lord Gwydyr's Newtown Pippin, Shepherd's Pippin, Shepherd's Seedling, Shepherd's Seedling Pippin, Shepperd's Seedling
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in the late 1700s by Mr Shepherd at Uckfield, Sussex and named Shepherd's Pippin. Re-named Alfriston in 1819. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1920. Fruits are soft, coarse-textured, not very juicy and acid. Cooks well.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 80.00 mm
- Height
- 68.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
Source · National Fruit Collection
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