Apple (Malus) Bramley's Seedling M27

Britain's most celebrated cooking apple. Raised from a pip planted by Mary Ann Brailsford in a Southwell, Nottinghamshire garden around 1809–1813, and later introduced commercially in 1865 by nurseryman Henry Merryweather. The original tree is still alive and fruiting today. Holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Fruit is very large, mainly green with a light red flush on the sun-facing side. The flesh is cream-coloured, juicy and full of flavour, with excellent acidity — cooking down to the classic Bramley purée that's ideal for sauces, pies and crumbles.

A vigorous, spreading tree and a partial tip-bearer. A triploid variety in pollination group 3, meaning it needs two suitable pollinating partners nearby (ideally from groups 2, 3 or 4), as it cannot pollinate other apple trees itself. Prone to biennial bearing if crops aren't thinned. Picked from mid-October and stores well from November through to March.

Grown on extreme dwarfing M27 rootstock, reaching approximately 1.5–1.8m in height and spread at maturity.

Supplied as a healthy, well-rooted tree, ready to establish in its new home.