Alfriston

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary

Introduced

1800

Origin

Alfriston, Sussex, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 68.0 mm
Fruit width: 80.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

One of the largest and best culinary apples with greenish-yellow skin covered in russet reticulations. The flesh is yellowish-white, crisp, juicy, sugary, and briskly flavoured. Extensively cultivated in Sussex since its origin with Shepherd at Uckfield, introduced more widely as 'Alfriston' by the Horticultural Society.

Flavor & Texture

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Best Uses

cookingjuicing

2 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Offspring

Arthur Turner Morley's Seedling Queen Caroline

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Origin type: open pollinated seedling
Original breeder: Shepherd

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References

UK National Fruit Collection: 108
Wikidata: Q41775086
MUNQ ID: 2030
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Hort