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Varieties
17 varieties
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Rootstock
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Categories
Apricots
1
Damsons
2
Plums
14
Eating plums
12
Cooking plums
1
Dual-purpose plums
10
Stock availability
All
17
In stock
17
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
17
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
1
Large
16
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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Supplied as
Bare-root
17
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
10
Average
5
Experienced
2
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
9
Partially self-fertile
3
Not self-fertile
5
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
3
14
4
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
1
Average
16
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
17
Mild damp climates
7
Warm climates
3
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
5
Mid
6
Late
6
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
8
Good
6
Light
3
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
9
1 week
8
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
14
Culinary
12
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
5
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
9
Average
4
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
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
1
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
1
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
2
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
1
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
3
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
8
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
3
1850 - 1899
2
1900 - 1949
3
1950 - 1999
7
2000
1
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
Blossom colour
White
16
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
4
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
1
Green - light
1
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
4
Purple - light
Red
5
Red - dark
2
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
2
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Light green / Yellow
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
7
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
1
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Varieties list
Avalon
Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cambridge Gage
Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
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
Edda
A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not 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
Golden Glow
A modern English apricot, found growing as a chance seedling near Worcester.
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
Herman
Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
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
Marjorie's Seedling
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
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
Old Green Gage
The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not 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
Reeves
A high-quality English dual-purpose plum, similar to Victoria but with an improved flavour for eating fresh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Seneca
Seneca is a high-quality late-season large American plum with a notably sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Shropshire Prune
The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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