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| Apple Bramley's Seedling | Apple Red Delicious | ||||
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| Summary | Bramley's Seedling is the definitive English cooking apple. It produces heavy crops of large apples with a sharp acidic flavour, which cook down to a smooth puree. | One of the most famous American apple varieties, a sport of Delicious, known for its bright red color. | |||
Identification | Bramley's Seedling | Red Delicious | |||
| Fruit colour | Green | Red | |||
| Flesh colour | White | ||||
| Fruit size | Very large | ||||
| Fruit shape | Flat-round | ||||
Using | Bramley's Seedling | Red Delicious | |||
| Flavor | Very good | ||||
| Flavour style | Sharper | ||||
| Ripening period | Mid-Late season | Mid-Late season | |||
| Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | ||||
| Cooking result | Puree | ||||
Growing | Bramley's Seedling | Red Delicious | |||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Very large | Average growth | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile Blossom frost-resistance | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | |||
| Gardening skill | |||||
| Problems | Scab - Very resistant Mildew - Some resistance Fireblight - Some resistance Cedar apple rust - Some resistance Bitter pit - Some susceptibility | Scab - Some susceptibility Mildew - Some resistance Fireblight - Some resistance Cedar apple rust - Very resistant | |||
Other | Bramley's Seedling | Red Delicious | |||
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United States | |||
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |