Comment on Bramley Apples
I grew up in England and my mother made 'Apple Tart' every Sunday. She made it on a simple dinner plate and we always ate it cold. She used Bramley apples as she said they were the best 'cookers' as she called them. 50 something years later our extended family all love apple pie and make a lot of it. It is my goal this year to plant two Bramley Trees in the garden here in the United States. I finally found an orchard in Oregon that sells them and I can't wait for April until my trees are delivered.
Comment on Bramley Apples posted 2008-02-11 by Rosaleen Bolger from Freehold, New Jersey, USA.
Comment on Bramley Apples
I would love to know if Mary-Ann Brailsford (the pip planter) is an ancestor of mine. My Grandad told me prior to moving to Lancashire, the family originated in Nottinghamshire. They moved to Blackburn after this, with branches of the family to Accrington and Blackpool.
Comment on Bramley Apples posted 2006-07-21 by Mike Brailsford from Blackpool, Lancashire
Comment on Bramley Apples
In my grandparents' garden at home in Kent, we had two Bramley apple trees, which were beautiful with blossom every spring, and which produced huge, very sour apples. When giving some to the neighbours over the fence, we always cautioned "You will need to use a lot of sugar." We enjoyed wonderful apple pies, apple crumbles, apple puddings and, simply, stewed apples and custard. (P.S. Shouldn't custard be an English icon too.......?)
Comment on Bramley Apples posted 2006-03-07 by Jacquelyn Taylor Baumberg from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Comment on Bramley Apples
I was born in England and my grandfather was from Nottinghamshire. I grew up and reside in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. When I learned of the ancestry of the Bramley Apple, a very nice client and now good friend, gave me a small Bramley Seedling which I have now have planted in my yard a short breeze form my neighbour's apple trees. I hereby announce and let it be known to all throughout the land that my Canadian Bramley Apple tree is now bearing what I call a 'Brailsford Apple'.
Comment on Bramley Apples posted 2008-07-25 by Tom S. Brailsfod from Goldstream, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada