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Coe's Golden Drop

A traditional yellow gage, with a very good rich sweet gage-like flavour, but some balancing sharpness. Suitable for both dessert and culinary use.

Reserve now for delivery w/c 3rd September onwards

Coe's Golden Drop plum trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

Medium (2.5m - 3m)1-year -Bare-root - Pixy rootstock £32.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)1-year -Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock £32.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)2-year bush-tree -Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock £34.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)2-year Half-Standard -Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock £36.00

**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.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.



Growing

  • Cropping: Light
  • Fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Bearing regularity: Regular
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Vigour: Average growth
  • Attractive fruit
  • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening

Uses

  • Flavour quality: Very good
  • Flavour style: Sweeter
  • Good for eating fresh
  • Good for cooking
  • Picking season: Very late
    Late September
  • Use / keeping: 1 week
    Keeps fresh in a fridge longer than most plums.

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Yellow
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1800 - 1849

Climate

  • Suitable for temperate climates

Pollination guide for Coe's Golden Drop plum trees

Coe's Golden Drop is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, although fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby.

Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.

More advice about pollination.


How to grow Coe's Golden Drop plum trees

Coe's Golden Drop is a typical gage, in that it is quite fussy about its situation - it does best in a sheltered location or trained on a south-facing wall.

Planting instructions.

Pruning instructions.


Historical details

Raised by Jervaise Coe in Suffolk, England, at the end of the 18th century.

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