possible new bramley?

red · Post: # 64574Post **red** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:17 pm

although we are having trouble in the veg gadren with various pests and lurgies and the bad weather etc... have noticed one of my bean poles is alive. its sprouted leaves. it was a pruning from our bramley tree.

Given that I read somewhere that all bramleys come from the one original tree as cuttings or their grandchildren cuttings etc.. is it so unlikely that this pruning will live and turn into a tree?

if it carries on insisting on living I might move it to the orchard area (in winter once its dormant)

pskipper · Post: # 64650Post **pskipper** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:26 pm

In theory providing it's not from the rootstock it should be a bramley!

the.fee.fairy · Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:20 am

That's brilliant!

New apple tree. Well done!

red · Post: # 64814Post **red** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:26 pm

well there is still plenty of time for it to die yet - one of my pea sticks flowered too - that was pear prunings.. but it gave up in the end.. just this bramley pruning looks hardier... but it cannot stay where it is.. in the middle of me veg patch... so will attempt to move it later.. if it lives that long...

the.fee.fairy · Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:46 pm

Aw, it obviously likes the veg patch!