Alfriston
Also known as Alfreston +13
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
A cooking apple with yellowish flesh, broad round-conical in shape; tart and soft. Picked in early October.
Origin · Uckfield, Sussex
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- acid
- Firmness
- soft
- Texture
- Flesh grain coarse
- Used for
- Culinary apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour Orange
- Flesh
- Yellowish
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Size
- largeWidth 80.00 mmHeight 68.00 mm
Origin & family
Where Alfriston began
Recorded origin
Uckfield, Sussex
Alfriston’s family
2 varieties · 1 recorded linkArrows follow parents → children
Alfriston
Uckfield, Sussex
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
Alfriston → Morley's SeedlingParent · Recorded
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Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- size
- large
- type
- Culinary
- shape
- Broad globose conical
- width
- 80.00 mm
- height
- 68.00 mm
- russet
- very low
- ribbing
- medium
- firmness
- soft
- synonyms
- 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
- mother to
- Morley's Seedling
- coarseness
- coarse
- over colour
- Orange
- flesh colour
- Yellowish
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.