Anybody got a Bramley tree on it's own?

I want to add a Bramley tree to my garden, I am aware it needs a pollinator.

Has anybody got a Bramley tree on it's own that produces fruit? I ask as it has been suggested to me that in my neighbourhood somewhere will be apple trees that will polinate the Bramley even if I can't actually see them.

 

As far as I know even crab apple will pollinate them so the chances are there is some kind of apple tree near you that will pollinate your bramley.

You may not get a massive crop though.

The thing is with bramley it doesn't pollinate other apples, so its a bit of selfish beast.

 

Bramleys are a bit odd as well as selfish. From Orange Pippin website "Choose another variety Pollination of Bramley's Seedling apple trees Your Bramley's Seedling apple tree is in flowering group 3.It is a triploid variety and needs two pollination partners nearby which must both be of different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Bramley's Seedling. Alternatively choose a single self-fertile pollination partner."
There are probably still enough apples around your area to do the job.
Also bear in mind the space you have for it and choose a suitable rootstock as Bramleys are vigorous trees.

 

I *think* ours is bramley (it was here when we moved in and it looks like one based on the fruit). We don't have another apple tree and it produces huge quantities of apples every year.

A friend of mine has an apple tree and failed to get fruit last year. She then learned that a neighbour had cut down their apple tree and that explained it. She's buying a crab apple tree to rectify the problem.

 

Thanks for the replies

I think I might just plant it and see what happens, I am planning on buying as a bare root tree so will see what happens next spring - I have been advised to remove any first year fruits anyway but if there aren't any I will probably just add in a self fertile tree next year - Red Falstaff is top of the list for that scenario at the moment!

 

Be aware it might not flower the first spring after planting, my new ones only flowered in their second spring.