Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Alfriston Apple
Alfriston is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Sussex, England (late 1700s). It was grown primarily for cooking, juice. Raised at Uckfield Sussex by Mr Shepherd. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 2 watercolour studies (1860–1873), painted by Mary Daisy Arnold and Amanda Almira Newton, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Alfriston |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Arnold, Mary Daisy, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Washington, Whatcom, Ferndale; Canada, Kentville |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 2 |
All 2 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000954, POM00000956.
