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Varieties
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Categories
Apricots
6
Plums
4
Eating plums
4
Dual-purpose plums
1
Stock availability
All
10
In stock
10
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
10
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
10
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
34
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M9
29
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Dwarf
3
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Quince Eline
10
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Gisela 5
12
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M26
45
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Semi-dwarf
1
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Wavit
17
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Weiwa
10
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M116
11
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MM106
85
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Colt
11
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Own-roots
1
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Quince A
22
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Semi-vigorous
70
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St. Julien
63
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MM111
5
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Pyrodwarf
22
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M25
38
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
18
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Brompton
15
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F12/1
2
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Bare-root
10
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
3
Average
4
Experienced
3
Self-fertility
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Self-fertile
6
Partially self-fertile
4
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
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1
2
2
3
4
4
4
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
1
Average
8
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
8
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
4
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
3
Mid
5
Late
1
Very late
1
Cropping
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Heavy
5
Good
5
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
6
1 week
2
2-3 weeks
1
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
10
Culinary
7
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
2
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
1
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
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Good
2
Average
3
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
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
4
Germany
2
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
1
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
5
2000
3
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
Blossom colour
White
5
Cream
Pink - light
1
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
2
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
5
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
1
Red
1
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
7
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Light green / Yellow
1
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
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
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
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
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
Tophit Plus
Tophit Plus is a modern eating plum, featuring very large blue fruits, which ripen late in the season in early September.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially 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