Henry Merryweather, a 17-year-old boy saw a gardener carrying apples He asked Matthew Bramley, the owner of the tree, if he ...
By this time, the garden containing the apple tree belonged to a butcher called Matthew Bramley, who gave Mr Merryweather permission to take cuttings of the 'Bramley Seedling'. Since then ...
A campaign has been launched to raise funds for the original Bramley apple tree, which was planted more than 200 years ago.