Bramley's Seedling

Bramleys Seedling is a large, flat-round cooking apple with greenish-yellow skin, red flush with broken stripes, and firm, juicy, pale yellow, acidic flesh. Raised by Mr. Bramley of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, and introduced by Messrs. Merryweather in 1876, it became the most popular and profitable cooking apple, prized for its vigorous growth and reliable fertility. Seasons from November to March.

Flavor & Texture

Best Uses

Lineage

Where to Pick

• Kingbird Orchard - Etta Place Cidery

Origin & History

Status

commercial

Origin type

chance seedling

Original breeder

Mr. Bramley

First introduced

1876 · Messrs. Merryweather

References

UK National Fruit Collection

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