In article , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
The message
from "Brian" --- 'flayb' to respond contains these words:

Bramley needs a professional, specialist, grower to do well.

Piffle! In the gardenof the house where i grew up we had two Bramley
trees and they got virtually no attention until it was time to pick
them. The crop was usually in the hundredweight region.

Cwt? 112 lbs? Is that all? ;-)
When our apple tree (variety unknown) was blown over in the 1987 storm,
it dumped 400 lbs apples on the lawn.

The parents moved to Norfolk, and there was a bramley tree in the garden
which got similar treatment, and the crop was heavy and reliable.

I have only known one Bramley tree to crop poorly, and that was because
it was barked by a pony.

It's
triploid and partially tip bearing. In Cornwall, as requested, it's very
disease prone. It also totally disregards the rootstock and quickly becomes
unmanageable.


It's been around since 1810 and so many others are more
suitable for gardens.


B***** what's suitable for gardens

I thought at the time it was a bit of a non-sequitur. What has age of a
variety to do with suitability for a garden?

- it's what goes into apple pie that
matters. Or apple crumble. Or stewed apple. Or apple sauce. There's only
one other apple I know which can rival it and that's a codling.

--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"