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Varieties
1 varieties
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Flowering group
- 3
Picking season
- Early
Self-fertility
- Not self-fertile
Category
- Eating plums
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Categories
Apples
2
Early eating apples
2
Cooking apples
1
Cherries
2
Sweet cherries
1
Cider apples
1
Pears
3
Dessert pears
3
Cooking pears
1
Plums
1
Eating plums
1
Dual-purpose plums
1
Stock availability
All
1
In stock
0
Not in stock
1
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Espalier
Fan-trained
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
Very large
Rootstocks
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
Average
1
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
1
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
1
Flowering group
?
1
2
1
3
1
4
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
1
Poor
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
1
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
September
October
November
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
1
Mid
1
Late
6
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
Good
Light
1
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
1
Culinary
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
Sharper
Sweeter
1
Aromatic
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
Average
Poor
Scab
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
France
1
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
1
2000
Flowering month
March
April
May
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Pink / Red
Golden / Yellow
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Purple
Purple - light
Red
1
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Awards
RHS Award of Garden Merit
RHS Award of Merit
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Meritare
An attractive new early-season dessert plum from Sweden, similar to Opal, with large fruits and good cold-hardiness.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile