Bramley's Seedling
syn. Bramley, Bramleys Samling, Triomphe de Kiel
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Triploid. Raised by Mary Ann Brailsford, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England between 1809 and 1813 and introduced in 1865 by nurseryman H. Merryweather. First exhibited in 1876. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1893. The most popular cooking apple grown in the UK.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- acid
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, rectangular, irregular
- Fruit width
- 89 mm
- Over colour
- red flush and stripes
- Flesh colour
- yellowish
- Fruit height
- 65 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Flat
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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