Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Crimson Bramley
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A more highly coloured sport of Bramley’s Seedling. Originated in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Catalogued in 1913. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with an acid flavour. Cooks well.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Crimson Bramley United Kingdom, by 1913
- Sport of Bramley's Seedling United Kingdom, between 1809 and 1815
Sources
- Crimson Bramley (accession 1941 - 026), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october); the other names.
