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Can anybody recommend an eating tree with delicious apples that can be planted with a Bramley tree?

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W1llowGreen · 01/05/2021 19:27

We like Braburns and russets taste wise.

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sadpapercourtesan · 01/05/2021 19:28

I have a Bramley and a Cox's Orange Pippin

user1471530109 · 01/05/2021 19:34

Personally, I'd want to grow something you can't get in the shops. Do you have a decent nursery nearby? I've planted a 'tickled pink' this year and I'm very excited about it! They are pink inside as well as bright red. Blossom is apparently red too. The leaves are just appearing and also look red at the moment Grin. What pollinating group is Bramley?

MereDintofPandiculation · 01/05/2021 21:29

Assuming Bramley is group 3 or group 4 (since next door's presumed Bramley is in flower at the same time as mine) - I went with user's plan of things I can't get in the shops and my favourites are Brownlees Russet (with the bonus of very pink flowers), Cornish Aromatic, Ashmead's Kernel, and Herrings Pippin - the last three with a quite a hint of spiciness in the taste.

Coxes have the reputation of being difficult and disease-prone in a garden setting.

I hope you're planning to add more than one tree. Bramley doesn't have viable pollen. So your second tree will pollinate the Bramley, but the Bramley won't reciprocate, and you'll need a third tree, of another variety, to pollinate the second tree.

If you like russets Rosemary Russet has a very good reputation.

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