PRESENTATION OF BRAMLEY APPLE TREES TO MANCHESTER AND SALFORD SCHOOLS

The Bramley apple is 200 years old in 2009 and to celebrate the bicentenary children from Salford City Academy, Northfleet Road, Eccles, Salford will help plant a Bramley tree donated by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, a City of London Livery Company. Alan French, the Master of the Fruiterers, will travel up from London to present the tree and invite children from the school to help plant it.

A total of 3 Bramley apple trees are being presented to schools in Greater Manchester including Salford City Academy. It is hoped the activity will encourage young people to learn how fruit is grown.

The first Bramley tree grew from pips planted in 1809 by a young girl, Mary Ann Brailsford, in her garden in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England.

Today, Bramley's unique texture and distinctive tangy flavour make it a versatile ingredient in cooking often used by professional chefs, home cooks and manufacturers of apple products.

Today, some 25,000 tonnes of fresh Bramley apples are sold each year, while a further 58,000 tonnes are used commercially in apple products from pies to sausages and sauces to cider and juice. The Bramley name can usually be seen on apple products because consumers recognise its particular qualities.