PLATE LIX. 
3. ALFRISTON. 
[Syn : Shepherd's Seedling; Shepherd's Pippin; Lord Gwydyr's Newtown Pippin ; 
Oldaker s New .] 
This valuable apple was raised at Uckfield in Sussex, by a person of the name of Shepherd, 
and for many years has been extensively cultivated in that county under the name of Shepherds 
Seedling , or Shepherd's Pippin. Some years ago a Mr. Brooker, of Alfriston, near Hailsham, sent 
specimens of the fruit to the London Horticultural Society, and not being known there, it was 
called the Alfriston , which name it has retained. 
Description. —Fruit : of the largest size, generally three inches and a half wide, and from 
two and three quarters to three inches high ; roundish and angular on the sides. Skin : greenish 
yellow on the shaded side, and tinged with orange next the sun ; covered all over with veins or 
reticulations of russet. Eye : open, set in a deep and uneven basin. Stalk : short, inserted in a 
deep cavity. Flesh : yellowish white, crisp, juicy, sugary and briskly flavoured. 
This is one of the largest and best culinary apples. It is in season from the beginning of 
November until April or May. 
The tree is a strong, vigorous grower, very hardy and not liable to canker. It bears 
abundantly. It succeeds best as a standard, and its fruit is so firmly fixed to the spurs, that it is not 
so liable as that of many other kinds to be blown off during autumn gales. 
