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Varieties
14 varieties
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Rootstock
- Weiwa
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Categories
Apricots
7
Inter-specific trees
1
Mirabelles
1
Plums
7
Eating plums
6
Cooking plums
1
Dual-purpose plums
4
Stock availability
All
14
Available to pre-order
14
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
14
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
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
14
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
36
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Very dwarf
2
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M9
46
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Dwarf
4
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Quince C
3
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VVA-1
33
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Quince Adams
1
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Quince Eline
15
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Quince Eline interstem
5
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Gisela 5
20
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Weigi 2
3
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M26
58
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Semi-dwarf
3
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Weigi 1
3
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Gisela 6
1
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Wavit
38
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Weiwa
14
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M116
54
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MM106
112
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Colt
16
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Own-roots
3
?
Quince A
37
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Semi-vigorous
87
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St. Julien
84
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Torinel
4
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Quince A interstem
6
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MM111
30
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Pyrodwarf
34
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M25
60
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
23
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Brompton
20
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F12/1
7
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Pyrus c.
1
?
Supplied as
Bare-root
14
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
4
Average
7
Experienced
3
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
10
Partially self-fertile
4
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
3
7
4
4
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
2
Average
10
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
12
Mild damp climates
2
Warm climates
5
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
1
Early
5
Mid
6
Late
2
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
8
Good
6
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
7
1 week
6
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
14
Culinary
9
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
4
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
1
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
4
Average
2
Poor
1
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
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
4
Germany
4
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
2
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
2
1950 - 1999
5
2000
4
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
8
Cream
Pink - light
1
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
3
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
5
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
1
Red
3
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
1
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
8
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
3
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Aprimira
®
Aprimira is a sweet self-fertile apricot-mirabelle cross, also known as a miracot.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Bergeron
Bergeron is the classic French apricot variety, and a common sight in French summer markets.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Bergeval
®
A modern apricot with pretty orange fruits and a rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Haganta
Haganta is a new large blue plum variety from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Helena du Roussillon
®
A traditional French apricot variety, grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon area.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Jubilee
Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Katinka
®
A very early-season dual-purpose dark-blue plum with an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Kioto
®
One of the easier apricots for UK growers, attractive orange fruits blushed red. The blossom has some frost resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Malling Elizabeth
TM
This new plum variety was released to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Opal
Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pink Marry
A new red-flushed apricot which ripens in early July.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Robada
Robada is a large-fruited apricot. The orange fruits are usually flushed with red, and will ripen in the middle / late July in the UK.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Toptaste Kulinaria
®
A new blue dessert plum with sweet yellow flesh, and good disease resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
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