A large, green, acidic cooking apple raised in the late 18th century by a Mr Shepherd of Uckfield, Sussex. Originally known as Shepherd’s Pippin but renamed Alfriston in 1891 when it was sent to the London Horticultural Society by a Mr Booker of Alfriston, near Lewes, Sussex. Received RHS Award of Merit in 1920. Grown commercially in the UK until the 1930s. Can be stored until April.
Tree Type | Culinary (Cooking) Apple |
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