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Home » Fruit » Hard Fruit » Apples » Cooking Apples » Alfriston Apples

Alfriston Apples

Alfriston Apples are large-sized, with bright green skin.

The flesh is very juicy, with a tart flavour.

The Alfriston Apple tree is very productive, delivering a late harvest.

Cooking Tips

Alfriston Apples are good cooking apples. They cook up to a light golden-brown purée.

Storage Hints

Alfriston Apples store well, but start to lose their tartness after a few months.

History Notes

Alfriston Apples were developed in Uckfield in Sussex, England in the late 1700s by a Mr Shepherd, and were originally named Shepherd’s Seedling / Shepherd’s Pippin. Renamed in 1891 to Alfriston by a Mr Brookes (possibly Charles Brooker) from Alfriston, Sussex, when he sent it to the Royal Horticultural Society as a sample, who suggested the name. In 1920, Alfriston Apples received the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

Alfriston Apples were grown commercially in England until about the 1930s.

This page first published: Oct 7, 2006 · Updated: Jun 17, 2018.

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