Campaigners hope to save mother tree of bramley apple

Appeal launched to buy Nottinghamshire cottage, where tree was planted in 19th century, and turn it into heritage centre

Campaigners have launched an appeal to try to save for the nation the mother tree of perhaps the most popular cooking apple in the world.

The original bramley apple tree, which grows in the garden of a cottage in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, is for sale, with the cottage put on the market by its owners, Nottingham Trent University.