The Bramley apple bicentenary is in 2009, because the first Bramley tree was grown from pips planted by a young girl, Mary Ann Brailsford, in her garden in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England in about 1809.
Bramley-apples
In 1846 the local butcher, Matthew Bramley, bought the cottage and garden. In 1856 a local nurseryman, Henry Merryweather, was so impressed with the apples that he asked Mr Bramley if he could take cuttings from the tree and start to sell the apple. Bramley agreed, but insisted the apple should bear his name – hence ‘Bramley’s Seedling’.
Bramley-apple-harvest
Henry Merryweather’s book of accounts on 31 October 1862, records that he sold “three Bramley apples for 2/- to Mr Geo Cooper of Upton Hall”.
Click the link to read about the many events have been arranged to celebrate the Bramley Apple Bicentenary in 2009.
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