Bramley's Seedling
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Britain's king of cookers – large, very sharp, cooks to a fluffy purée.
Also known as: Bramley
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmsourtartjuicy
Profile
- Parentage
- Zufallssämling
- Breeder
- Mary Ann Brailsford (Sämling), Matthew Bramley
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 280 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very large, flat-round green fruit, sometimes red-striped; strongly acidic flesh that cooks down to a light purée.
Growth
Vigorous, triploid, spreading; needs two pollenizers.
Yield
Very high; excellent storage as a culinary apple.
Notes
The dominant cooking apple in the UK; too sharp to eat raw.
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