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Mirabelle de Nancy mirabelle & cherry plum trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 3       Uses: Cookery 
Mirabelle de Nancy mirabelle tree

Mirabelle de Nancy is the definitive mirabelle for French patisseries such as "Tarte aux Mirabelles".

This is a traditional old French variety, originating from the department of Lorraine - the countryside around the cities of Metz and Nancy is one of the main areas for mirabelle production.

The fruits are an attractive speckled yellow colour, and ripen in early September in southern England.

Mirabelles are primarily used in the kitchen although they can be eaten fresh too. The stone separates cleanly from the flesh, which makes it easier when preparing the fruit for cooking.

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Mirabelle de Nancy mirabelle & cherry plum trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Medium (2.5m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - Pixy rootstock £31.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)1-year - Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock £29.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Mirabelle de Nancy

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: France
  • Period of origin: 1550 - 1599
  • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Mirabelle de Nancy

Mirabelle de Nancy is in flowering group 3. Mirabelle de Nancy is partially self-fertile, but fruiting will be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other mirabelle & cherry plum trees.



How to grow Mirabelle de Nancy mirabelle & cherry plum trees

Mirabelle de Nancy is partially self-fertile. It will bear a reasonable crop on its own, but cropping is improved if a different mirabelle variety is planted nearby - and It can also cross-pollinate with other European plum and damson varieties.

Whilst the tree is hardy and will grow happily in most parts of the UK, for reliable cropping it is best planted in a sheltered south-facing spot with maximum sunlight.



Historical details

France, 1700s and probably much earlier. There is no specific "cultivar" of Mirabelle de Nancy, and it is perhaps better considered as a population of closely-related and interbred varieties with common characteristics, originating from the area around Nancy in north-east France.



Botanical name

Prunus insititia Mirabelle de Nancy




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