Lumpy Growth on Apple Tree!

[FB.]

No fruit this year sounds biennial.
Nice eating apple also is helpful.


I wonder whether the variety is "Ben's Red".
From Cornwall, early 1800's.
Similar to Devonshire Quarrenden (a possible parent of Ben's Red).
Ripens September.
Red skin over yellow, medium-sized fruit.
Sometimes traces of pink in the flesh under the red skin.
Sweet with traces of strawberry/raspberry flavours.
Biennial cropping.
Fairly slow growing.
Roots from branches.
Fairly disease resistant


Some links here:

Ben's Red - Apple - Fruit Trees

Devonshire Quarrenden - Apple - Fruit Trees

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[veggiechicken]

Thanks FB. The apples look too red. I'm sure they were yellow, maybe a touch of red but not all over like Ben's Red. I wish I'd paid more attention to it now!

[FB.]

Probably Burr Knot then:

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[veggiechicken]

I would like it to be Burr Knot because its different!
Here are a couple more photos. One of the base of the trunk showing all the side shoots that have come from it. The second photo shows the original tree that was attached to a stake when it was planted. It is still attached, but the hefty trunk in the first photo has grown alongside it. Sorry the second one is dark, you can just make out the bit of inner tube used as a tie near the base of the left facing branch!