“Todays - News, Views, Faces and Places” becomes “Tomorrows History”
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Autumn comes to the Old Nottm/Grimsby Rd thro' B J-
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We have now added a “Bramley” Apple tree to our Fruit tree collection and become one of many 10,000’s “Bramley” enthusiasts through-out the country. So here are a few facts which surround this famous species
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In 1809 the first “Bramley” tree grew from pips planted by a little girl, Mary Ann Brailsford, in her garden in Southwell.
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Local butcher Matthew Bramley bought the cottage and garden in 1846.
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Ten years later local urseryman Henry Merryweather asked if he could taking cuttings from the tree. Bramley agreed but insisted the apple should bear his name – and the name “Bramley's” Seedling was born .!
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Disaster struck in 1900 when the original “Bramley” tree blew down during violent storms .but the tree somehow survived and is still bearing fruit more than 100 years later.
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During the early 1900s, “Bramley” trees were extensively planted and the fruit was a useful source of food during the First World War.
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By 1944, a fruit census in Britain revealed that more than 25% of the country's fruit output was provided by the “Bramley” apple with 6.25 million trees under cultivation.
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The British “Bramley” remains the most popular cooking apple in the UK, accounting for about 95% of all sold for home cooking. .
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This year's “Bramley” Festival on Saturday, October 18, is being organised by a team led by
the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire - Col Roger Merryweather, a great-grand grandson of Henry Merryweather.. .. ..
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In 1809 the first “Bramley” tree grew from pips planted by a little girl, Mary Ann Brailsford, in her garden in Southwell.
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Local butcher Matthew Bramley bought the cottage and garden in 1846.
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Ten years later local urseryman Henry Merryweather asked if he could taking cuttings from the tree. Bramley agreed but insisted the apple should bear his name – and the name “Bramley's” Seedling was born .!
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Disaster struck in 1900 when the original “Bramley” tree blew down during violent storms .but the tree somehow survived and is still bearing fruit more than 100 years later.
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During the early 1900s, “Bramley” trees were extensively planted and the fruit was a useful source of food during the First World War.
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By 1944, a fruit census in Britain revealed that more than 25% of the country's fruit output was provided by the “Bramley” apple with 6.25 million trees under cultivation.
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The British “Bramley” remains the most popular cooking apple in the UK, accounting for about 95% of all sold for home cooking. .
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This year's “Bramley” Festival on Saturday, October 18, is being organised by a team led by
the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire - Col Roger Merryweather, a great-grand grandson of Henry Merryweather.. .. ..
It will include the Bramley Apple painting competition.. .. ..
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John Hempsall's display of heritage apples at the Bramley Centre .. .. ..
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Women's Institutes Apple Day stalls at the Admiral Rodney… .. ..
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The National Trust's Southwell Workhouse, which has Bramley trees growing in its
kitchen garden, will also be involved… .. ..
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1 comment:
The Bramley apple is a cultivar of apple which is often eaten cooked. Raw, most people find its flavour too sour, and it is either loved or hated. Once cooked, however, it has a lighter flavour. A peculiarity of the variety is that when cooked it becomes golden and fluffy.Bramley apples work well in pies, cooked fruit compotes and salads, crumbles, and other dessert dishes. They are also used in a variety of chutney recipes. Whole Bramley apples, cored and filled with dried fruit, baked, and then served with custard is an inexpensive and traditional British pudding. Cooked apple sauce is the traditional accompaniment to roast pork. Hot apple sauce goes very well with ice cream.
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