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1. The latin name for the Apple is Malus domestica and the Bramley cultivar is officially know as 'Bramley's Seedling'.

2. The bicentenary of the Bramley apple will be celebrated in 2009, marking 200 years since the pip that grew into the first Bramley apple tree was planted.

3. In 1809 the first Bramley tree grew from pips planted by a young girl, Mary Ann Brailsford, in her garden in Nottinghamshire, in 1846 a local butcher, Matthew Bramley, bought the cottage and garden.

4. The original Bramley tree is still producing fruit.

5. A peculiarity of the variety is that when cooked it becomes golden and fluffy, for this reason it is mainly used for deserts and chutneys.

6. Bramley apples are flatish with a green skin which becomes red on the side which receives direct sunlight.

7. Apples are often used in soft fruit jams as they have a relativly high pectin level which helps the jam to set.

8. Apples float because 25% of their volume is air.

9. There is no mention of an apple as the forbidden fruit in the Bible. It is referred to as "fruit from the Tree of Knowledge".

10. Bramley apples are an essential ingredient in blackberry and apple jam