Description
Raised in the late 1700s by Mr Shepherd of Uckfield, this became a favourite Victorian exhibition variety much sought-after for its handsome fruit, and excellent keeping qualities. Large bright green-yellow oblong fruit, which cook to slightly acidic puree. Good yields, but thin fruit every June to avoid biennial cropping. RHS Award of merit in 1920. Reliable in wet conditions (Wilson, Cumbria).
"Though not a northern apple, nor a bonny one, Alfriston was listed by the Backhouse Nurseries of York as 'a free-bearer and one of the best', and included as a Select Kitchen Apple, recommended for market culture and noted as a particularly good late keeper. Pomologist Hilary Wilson records that specimens grown in Whittingham, Lancashire, bear very deep green leaves free of scab. It is a Sussex apple, raised by Mr Shepherd of Uckfield, but named for Alfriston in Sussex, from whence came scions to the London Horticultural Society in 1819." © Lin Hawthorne - 'The Northern Pomona'
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