Malus d. 'Bramleys Seedling' Cottage and purple-black fruit

and purple-black fruit

scented flowers on bare branches in spring followed by spectacular blackish-green foliage emerging reddish-bronze

later followed by small

In contrast

Harmful if eaten

Malus d. 'Bramleys Seedling' Cottage and purple-black fruitThe classic English cooking apple. A sturdy variety which tolerates a wide range of sites, including wet conditions (though not waterlogged soils). A heavy cropper given good pollination, but sometimes bearing biennially (in alternate years). Flowers in March with fruit ready for use in November. For best cropping, plant in proximity of at least two other mid season flowering varieties (Pollination group B). Often existing apple or even crabapple