The first Bramley's Seedling tree grew from pips planted by Mary Ann Brailsford when she was a young girl in her garden in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, UK in 1809.
The tree in the garden was later included in the purchase of the cottage by a local butcher, Matthew Bramley, in 1846.
In 1856, a local nurseryman, Henry Merryweather, asked if he could take cuttings from the tree and start to sell the apples.
Bramley agreed but insisted that the apples should bear his name.

On 31 October 1862, the first recorded sale of a Bramley was noted in Merryweather's accounts.
He sold "three Bramley apples for 2/- to Mr Geo Cooper of Upton Hall".
On 6 December 1876, the Bramley was highly commended at the Royal Horticultural Society's Fruit Committee exhibition.

In 1900, the original tree was knocked over during violent storms; it survived, and is still bearing fruit two centuries after it was planted.
However, it was reported in 2016 that the tree was suffering from a fungal infection and may be dying.
The variety is now the most important cooking apple in England and Wales, with 21.68 km², 95% of total culinary apple orchards in 2007.

The Bramley is almost exclusively a British variety; however it is also grown by a few United States farms, and can be found in Canada, Australia and Japan.

The town of Southwell hosts many celebrations of the Bramley Apple including the Bramley Apple Festival.
On the 3rd Saturday in October, Southwell Minster hosts the Opening Ceremony and the Food & Drink Festival.
The Bramley Apple Inn is located just a few doors away from the original apple tree, which is considered to be a town treasure.
In 2018 27 Church Street was bought by Nottingham Trent University to preserve the building and the tree for posterity.
The tree can be visited by prior appointment.

A blue plaque on the house in Southwell now commemorates the apple, and in 2009 a window commemorating the 200th anniversary of the planting of the tree was installed in Southwell Minster.

As a young man Henry Merryweather worked as a gardener on the nearby Norwood Park Estate, and when John Ralph Starkey bought the Hall, Gardens and pasture in 1880, he turned to Henry Merryweather for advice about which apples and fruit he should be planting on his acreage.
Being a new local celebrity, the Bramley Apple was suggested and the first commercial orchard of Bramley was established at Maythorne Orchard, close to the Lower Kirklington Road on what is now a Golf course.
The first Bramley's Seedling tree grew from pips planted by Mary Ann Brailsford when she was a young girl in her garden in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, UK in 1809. The tree in the garden was later included in the purchase of the cottage by a local butcher, Matthew Bramley, in 1846. In 1856, a local nurseryman, Henry Merryweather, asked if he could take cuttings from the tree and start to sell the apples. Bramley agreed but insisted that the apples should bear his name.
On 31 October 1862, the first recorded sale of a Bramley was noted in Merryweather's accounts. He sold "three Bramley apples for 2/- to Mr Geo Cooper of Upton Hall". On 6 December 1876, the Bramley was highly commended at the Royal Horticultural Society's Fruit Committee exhibition.
In 1900, the original tree was knocked over during violent storms; it survived, and is still bearing fruit two centuries after it was planted. However, it was reported in 2016 that the tree was suffering from a fungal infection and may be dying. The variety is now the most important cooking apple in England and Wales, with 21.68 km², 95% of total culinary apple orchards in 2007.
The Bramley is almost exclusively a British variety; however it is also grown by a few United States farms, and can be found in Canada, Australia and Japan.
The town of Southwell hosts many celebrations of the Bramley Apple including the Bramley Apple Festival. On the 3rd Saturday in October, Southwell Minster hosts the Opening Ceremony and the Food & Drink Festival. The Bramley Apple Inn is located just a few doors away from the original apple tree, which is considered to be a town treasure. In 2018 27 Church Street was bought by Nottingham Trent University to preserve the building and the tree for posterity. The tree can be visited by prior appointment.
A blue plaque on the house in Southwell now commemorates the apple, and in 2009 a window commemorating the 200th anniversary of the planting of the tree was installed in Southwell Minster.
As a young man Henry Merryweather worked as a gardener on the nearby Norwood Park Estate, and when John Ralph Starkey bought the Hall, Gardens and pasture in 1880, he turned to Henry Merryweather for advice about which apples and fruit he should be planting on his acreage. Being a new local celebrity, the Bramley Apple was suggested and the first commercial orchard of Bramley was established at Maythorne Orchard, close to the Lower Kirklington Road on what is now a Golf course.
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