“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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