Malus Bramley Cooking Apple Tree

🍏 Malus domestica ‘Bramley’s Seedling’ – Bramley Cooking Apple

One of the most famous and widely grown cooking apples, Bramley’s Seedling originated in the early 1800s in Nottinghamshire. This large, vigorous tree produces huge crops of very large green apples with red stripes, and is prized for its juicy, cream-coloured flesh and sharp, rich flavour—perfect for cooking, juicing, or cider-making.

🍏 Fruit:

• Size & Colour: Very large apples, green with light red striping

• Flesh: Creamy, juicy, and sharp

• Flavour: Excellent high-acid flavour ideal for cooking (fluffy when cooked)

• Harvest: Mid-October

• Storage: Keeps well from November to March

🌿 Tree Habit:

• Size: Very vigorous and large tree

• Cropping: Heavy cropper, but prone to biennial bearing if not thinned

• Fruit type: Partial tip-bearer – not suitable for training (espalier/fan)

• May be susceptible to scab and late frosts

📍 Growing Conditions:

• Site: Requires some shelter

• Soil: Any reasonably well-drained soil

• Position: Full sun for best cropping

• Hardiness: Hardy

🌸 Pollination:

• Triploid – requires two compatible pollination partners nearby (from Groups 2, 3, or 4)

• Cannot pollinate other trees effectively due to sterile pollen

• Pollination Group 3

✅ Uses:

• Excellent for cooking (apple pies, sauces)

• Also suitable for juicing and cider-making

🪴 Availability:

• Supplied as: Potted tree in 10L container