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Varieties
4 varieties
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Picking season
- Late
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Damson trees
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Categories
Almonds
1
Apples
3
Late eating apples
2
Apricots
1
Cherries
3
Sweet cherries
2
Sour cherries
1
Crab apples
18
Damsons
4
Pears
1
Dessert pears
1
Plums
5
Eating plums
5
Cooking plums
1
Dual-purpose plums
3
Quinces
1
Stock availability
All
4
In stock
4
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
4
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
3
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
3
Premium half-standard
2
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
1
Large
4
Very large
1
N/A
Rootstocks
VVA-1
1
?
St. Julien
4
?
Brompton
1
?
Supplied as
Bare-root
4
12L pot
3
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
4
Average
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
4
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
2
3
2
4
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
4
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
4
Mild damp climates
4
Warm climates
2
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
1
Mid
2
Late
4
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
3
Good
1
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
3
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
Culinary
4
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
3
Average
1
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
4
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
2
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
4
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
3
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
1
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
1
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
1
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Aylesbury Prune
A traditional English damson, which used to be grown in the Vale of Aylesbury.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Farleigh
One of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
King of the Damsons
A traditional 19th century English damson from Nottinghamshire. Also widely-known as Bradley's King.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Shepherds Bullace
A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile