Bramley apple

Chance seedling

Bramley Bramley 's Seedling also, is a counting of the rennet apples sort of culture apple (Malus domestica). The cooking apple was discovered in the early 19th century in England as a seedling. The apple is commercially grown only in the United Kingdom. Bramleys from the Armagh area in Northern Ireland, since 2012 as Armagh Bramley enjoy the protection as Protected Geographical Indication of the European Union.

The apple is very sour crude, but gaining lot of flavor when cooked, and is in many British recipes for apple pie and other apple dishes, the variety of choice. The proportion of malic acid in the apple is very high, the proportion of sugar, however, relatively low. Therefore, the apple has comparatively much flavor even after cooking. He is also very rich in water, producing after cooking a melting texture.

The tree is a chance seedling, the young Englishwoman Mary Ann Brailsford planted 1809-1815 in Southwell in Nottinghamshire. After garden and grounds were sold in 1846 to a Matthew Bramley, asked the local growers Henry Merryweather him if he continues to grow the apple and could commercialize. Bramley agreed under the condition that the apples bore his name, while Brailsford himself never learned of the success of the apple. 1867 came Bramley as in commercial trade. Before the Royal Horticultural Society, the apple was the first time issued in 1876 and recommended there. By the year 1944, the number of Bramley trees had grown to two million in the UK.

Despite a heavy Stumschadens beginning of the 20th century, the original apple tree was still alive in 2011 at its site and continue to bear fruit. The guardian of the tree bought the property separately along with a garden to take care of this tree can. In Southwell Minster since 2009, is commemorated by a stained glass at the apple.

In 2010, the British Bramley productions had a value of about 50 million pounds. Outside the UK, the apple has almost no importance, the demand shall focus mainly on British exile, or people who have a close personal relationship with the United Kingdom.