'Bramley's Seedling Clone 20' Apple Tree
Your crumble's new best friend
Grown by John
South Downs National Park
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The highlights
- Sharp tartness, mellows when cooked (cooking)
- Perfect for smaller gardens
- Cook down to a sauce or bake in desserts
- Harvest from October
Description
- Widely regarded as being amongst the very best cooking apples, this variety's green fruits have a real bite and tartness when raw, which softens beautifully when cooked into sauces, chutneys and baked into desserts
- This variety is named as such because it's 20% less vigorous than 'Bramley's Seedling', making it more manageable for smaller gardens, whilst at the same time still producing excellent yields of wonderful cooking apples. If you're limited on space but want your very own fruit tree, then this is an excellent option
- This tree isn't self-fertile and will therefore require a pollination partner(s) - see the notes below for more details
- These apples have a brilliant keeping period, and will store well on an apple rack (which helps provide optimal air circulation around the fruits) from November all the way through to March
- Certified by the RHS as one of its Plants for Pollinators, the humble apple tree will help bring bees, birds and butterflies to your garden like never before!
- M26 rootstock, max size - 3x3m
- Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post
- Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth
What To Expect
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How To Grow
Good pest and disease resistance
Although this variety has solid resistance to certain diseases like canker and mildew, it can still be affected by the following: apple scab, fireblight and honey fungus. From a pest perspective, it can be impacted by aphids, spider mites and caterpillars.
Water in well when planting
Give your tree a good water when planting, and then water it regularly throughout its first season. Watering aids can be purchased to help with this establishing process, including slow-release watering bags. Once established, your tree won't need watering save for prolonged hot, dry spells.
Full sun
For best fruit production, at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day is required.
Any loamy, moist, well-drained soil
Requires soil with good drainage but that still retains some moisture; it prefers a neutral, loamy soil rather than shallow chalky or sandy soils (it's possible to grow apple trees in the latter two types but it's more difficult).
Feed every spring
Whether you're growing your apple tree in the ground or a container, it will need feeding in spring. Use a fertiliser that's high in potassium (eg. 0-0-22 NPK) and apply in March for ground-grown trees, and April for container-grown trees.
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
South Downs National Park
Meet John
110 years' expertise free with every tree
John’s family have been growing trees in the South Downs National Park for over a century, and it shows. Dug up and sent straight to your garden at between 18-36 months old, their quality rootstocks, expert pruning and natural pest control mean that these traditionally field-grown trees are the hardiest you can get.
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Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.
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Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 24 hours.
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We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.
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