Edible Bramleys?

[Anthony New]

The apples on my Bramley tree seem to have got riper than I have ever
seen before, and many of them taste just like eating apples - no more
sharp than the average Cox (perhaps less).
Has anyone with long memories noticed this before? Is it very uncommon?
Garden tree in urban Bristol, btw.

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[Nick Maclaren]

In article <383016...@wsi.no.junk>, Anthony New <a...@wsi.no.junk> writes:
|> The apples on my Bramley tree seem to have got riper than I have ever
|> seen before, and many of them taste just like eating apples - no more
|> sharp than the average Cox (perhaps less).
|> Has anyone with long memories noticed this before? Is it very uncommon?
|> Garden tree in urban Bristol, btw.

Yes and no, respectively. A ripe Bramley is an excellent eating
apple, and much to the taste of people who regard Golden Delicious
and Macintosh as unspeakable.

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[Rod Craddock]

I've always found Bramley quite edible if properly ripened on the tree.

Rod

[JennyC]

Anthony New <a...@wsi.no.junk> wrote in message
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> The apples on my Bramley tree seem to have got riper than I have ever
> seen before, and many of them taste just like eating apples - no more
> sharp than the average Cox (perhaps less).
> Has anyone with long memories noticed this before? Is it very uncommon?
> Garden tree in urban Bristol, btw.
>

Hi Anthony,
You brought back happy memories for me of the time I used to do apple
picking in Kent, many years ago...
The Bramley's at the top of the tree, where the sun could get at them were
wonderful ! A nice bacon butty cooked on the primus with hot strong tea and
a Brambley to follow, those were the days!

Being rather poor at the time, we ate a lot of them, plus baked, stewed,
dried, in pies, crumbles, jams, jelly's etc.

Jenny

[Michael `Mike` Crowe]

In article <383016...@wsi.no.junk>, Anthony New <a...@wsi.no.junk>
writes

>The apples on my Bramley tree seem to have got riper than I have ever
>seen before, and many of them taste just like eating apples - no more
>sharp than the average Cox (perhaps less).
>Has anyone with long memories noticed this before? Is it very uncommon?
>Garden tree in urban Bristol, btw.
>

When I was a lad, we had a very old Bramley in the garden, those were
lovely and sweet. My last house had a very big very old Bramley (the
house was built in 1844, the tree looked that old) and they were very
juicy and sweet, is it anything to do with the age of the tree? We
planted a dwarf Bramley in our garden a couple of years ago and it was
very poor, so we hooked it out and have got raised beds there now.
Are they like me, getting sweeter with old age?
Mike

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[Janet Tweedy]

In article <383016...@wsi.no.junk>, Anthony New <a...@wsi.no.junk>
writes
>The apples on my Bramley tree seem to have got riper than I have ever
>seen before, and many of them taste just like eating apples - no more
>sharp than the average Cox (perhaps less).
>Has anyone with long memories noticed this before? Is it very uncommon?
>Garden tree in urban Bristol, btw.
>

Mine are also riper but I think it's because they have not fallen so
early and I haven't got the ladder out to collect them all!!

Janet
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[Anthony New]

Michael `Mike` Crowe wrote:
>
> In article <383016...@wsi.no.junk>, Anthony New <a...@wsi.no.junk>
> writes
> >The apples on my Bramley tree seem to have got riper than I have ever
> >seen before, and many of them taste just like eating apples - no more
> >sharp than the average Cox (perhaps less).
> >Has anyone with long memories noticed this before? Is it very uncommon?
> >Garden tree in urban Bristol, btw.
> >

> When I was a lad, we had a very old Bramley in the garden, those were
> lovely and sweet. My last house had a very big very old Bramley (the
> house was built in 1844, the tree looked that old) and they were very
> juicy and sweet, is it anything to do with the age of the tree? We
> planted a dwarf Bramley in our garden a couple of years ago and it was
> very poor, so we hooked it out and have got raised beds there now.
> Are they like me, getting sweeter with old age?
> Mike
>

Well, I had thought it might just be the unusual combination of late
Autumn warmth and very few high winds which had allowed them to ripen
longer than usual, but perhaps as you suggest the age of the tree is
significant?

My house was built in 1930 and I've been told the site had been an
orchard before that - certainly a high proportion of the gardens nearby
have mature fruit trees in them, so the tree may predate the house (it
looks old enough!).