Braintree Seedling

A late desset apple with an intense aromatic pineapple like flavour.

Origin: Essex UK, 1930

Pollination: Braintree Seedling is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Braintree Seedling

Raised in 1930 by Mrs Humphreys of Braintree, Essex, UK allegedly from a Gladstone seedling. Medium sized, flat-round fruit. Orange-red flush and stripes over yellow skin. Firm, cream coloured flesh. Sweet with a rich aromatic flavour and a hint of pineapple.

Characteristics of Braintree Seedling apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Oct-Dec
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	9
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners