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Pete,

The Colo(u)r plate in Joan Morgan's 'The Book of Apples' shows Bramley's
seedling as a yellow-orange striped fruit that matches your description. I
happened to be looking at the book last night to get information about my
Ribston Pippin that's fruiting for the first time.  (I picked it last
weekend.)  I was struck by the color plate of Bramley's because I had
assumed that it was greenish as well.

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI USDA zone 3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Tallman" <pete_tallman@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 9:48 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Bramley's Seedling coloring up


> My Bramley's Seedling fruit is coloring up to yellow-orange with red
> stripes, which I wasn't quite expecting to see, and it seems a little
early
> to ripen. I thought this was more a green-yellow fruit.  In size and
shape,
> the apple seems to match the descriptions. The tree is bearing fruit for
the
> first time this year, so I'm not quite sure what to expect. Is this as
> expected for this climate - hot summer, dry, and lots of sun?  (Tree
> purchased from Bear Creek.) Did I wait too long to pick it? Fruits are not
> dropping except a couple on a very windy evening before they started
> coloring up. I'm reluctant to pick one just to try if it's not ready yet
> 'cause I don't have too many apples on the tree.
>
> Pete Tallman, Boulder, Colorado, theoretically zone 5
>
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