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Bramley 20 apple trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 3       Uses: Cookery | Juicing | Cider    Disease-resistance: Good
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Bramley's Seedling is the definitive English "cooker". However it is an extremely vigorous variety, producing a tree that is substantially larger than all other apple varieties (only Blenheim Orange comes close).

Bramley 20 is a sport of Bramley's Seedling which happens to produce a tree which is naturally about 20% smaller, making it more suitable for the garden.

Bramley 20 is a valuable alternative to the regular Bramley's Seedling at both ends of the size scale. You can use it on dwarfing rootstocks, allowing you to grow Bramley apples in a small space. You can also use it on semi-vigorous rootstocks to produce a free-standing tree which is still not too large.

Another advantage is that if you are planting several apple trees together, you probably want them to be about the same mature size on any given rootstock. A regular Bramley's Seedling will become much larger than the others whereas Bramley 20 will have similar proportions to the other trees.

Although the tree is smaller, the apples are the same size as the regular Bramley's Seedling.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Bramley 20 apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M27 rootstock £38.00
Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year patio-tree - 11.5L pot - M27 rootstock £39.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M26 rootstock £38.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £38.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)1-year - Bare-root - M27 rootstock £30.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)1-year - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £33.00
Large (2.5m - 3.5m)1-year - Bare-root - M116 rootstock £30.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £33.00
Large (3.5m - 5m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - MM111 rootstock £35.00

Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (Delivery start September 2013)

Price excludes delivery and delivery restrictions may apply
Large (3m - 4m)Fan 4-arm -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00Enquire
Large (3m - 4m)Espalier 2-tier -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00Enquire

**All prices include delivery (except certain fan-trained or espalier-trained or mature trees). We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

2-year pot-grown Fan-trained and Espalier trees: Prices of these trees do NOT include delivery as they require special delivery arrangements. Delivery is not possible to all areas. Click here for details or contact us to find out more. These restrictions do not apply to our 1-year part-trained trees or cordons.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Bramley 20

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colour: Green
  • Blossom colour: Pink - dark
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Bramley 20

Bramley 20 is in flowering group 3. Bramley 20 is a triploid variety and cannot pollinate other varieties. It needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. You can either plant a self-fertile variety (which will pollinate itself and the Bramley 20) or you can plant two pollination partners which must each be of different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Bramley 20. If you need further advice on this just get in touch. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.



How to grow Bramley 20 apple trees

Bramley 20 retains most of the horticultural characteristics of Bramley's Seedling, but produces a tree approximately 20% smaller on any given rootstock than Bramley's Seedling. It is quite easy to grow but like Bramley's Seedling it is a triploid and needs 2 separate compatible pollination partners although in most suburban environments you can usually assume there will be suitable varieties in the neighbourhood. See our page on Bramley's Seedling for more details of suitable pollination partners.

The pink-flushed white blossom is prolific and attractive. The fruit ripens late in the season, and stores very well.



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Historical details

Developed in the UK in the 1970s, a compact sport of Bramley's Seedling.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Bramley 20



Related variety collections

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