Spring 2022
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Orange Pippin Trees
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Varieties
2 varieties
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Awards
- RHS AGM (current)
Flowering group
- 3
Picking season
- Mid
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Dual-purpose plums
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Categories
Damsons
1
Pears
2
Dessert pears
2
Plums
2
Eating plums
1
Cooking plums
1
Dual-purpose plums
2
Stock availability
All
2
Available to pre-order
2
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
2
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
2
Spindlebush
1
2-year half-standard
2
Premium half-standard
2
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Espalier
Fan-trained
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
2
Large
2
Very large
2
N/A
Rootstocks
VVA-1
2
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Wavit
1
?
Weiwa
1
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St. Julien
2
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Brompton
2
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Supplied as
Bare-root
2
12L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
2
Average
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
2
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
2
4
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
1
Poor
Ploidy
?
Diploid
Triploid
Universal pollinator
?
Yes
No
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
2
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
2
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
September
October
November
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
1
Mid
2
Late
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
2
Good
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
2
Culinary
2
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
2
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
Sharper
Sweeter
Aromatic
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
1
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
1
Average
Poor
1
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
1
Very susceptible
1
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
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
2
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
1
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
2000
Flowering month
March
April
May
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
1
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 AGM (current)
2
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
Plum trees
Czar
Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Victoria
Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile