Bramley’s Seedling

The Definitive English Cooking Apple

            [Acid- high; Sugar-low; Tannin-low]

Culinary, Cider

Sharp, Firm, Classic

Physical Attributes:

• Shape: large, oblate
• Skin: Green-yellow skin, sometimes red stripes
• Flesh: White, firm

Flavour:

            A great palate cleanser when eaten raw because of its punchy lemony flavour, but it really comes to life when cooked or juiced and adds that “old-timey” apple flavour.

Neat History:

            Sometimes – though rarely – the mother tree still stands, as is the case with this apple. Mary Ann Brailsford first planted the seedling in Nottinghamshire in 1809, and it is resoundingly a long-lived cultivar.

Growing Attributes:

• Precocity: Average
• Vigour: Highly vigorous, large branches
• Disease Tolerance: Above Average, susceptible to bitter pit
• Zone Hardiness: 4 (Map Link)
• Pollination Group: III (Chart) (Triploid)
• Cropping: Biennial, regular crops
• Picking Season: October
• Storage: 3-6 months
• Special Care: Long-lived. Tip-bearing

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