- See also:
- Plums for cooking11
- Dual-purpose plums17
- Japanese plums2
Eating plums
These are the best plums for eating fresh off the tree.
Cambridge Gage
Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.£59.00 - £62.00buy- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Coe's Golden Drop
Coe's Golden Drop is a large oval gage from the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour.- Picking season: Very late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
Denniston's Superb
Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.£59.00buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
Early Transparent Gage
One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.£59.00buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Edda
A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
Excalibur
Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
Gordon Castle
A good dessert plum for northern areas due to its hardiness.- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
Hauszwetsche German Prune
Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
Jefferson
Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Kirke's Blue
An old-fashioned blue plum with a rich sweet flavour.- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Lindsey Gage
Lindsey Gage is a sweet-flavoured green gage, similar to Cambridge Gage.£59.00buy- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Malling ElizabethTM
This new plum variety was released to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee.£61.00buy- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
Marjorie's Seedling
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.£59.00buy- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Meritare
An attractive new early-season dessert plum from Sweden, similar to Opal, with large fruits and good cold-hardiness.- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Old Green Gage
The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.£59.00 - £62.00buy- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Oullins Golden Gage
The flavour of a true gage yet also easy to grow, Oullins Golden Gage is a good first gage tree.£59.00 - £62.00buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Queen's Crown
Queen's Crown is a dual-purpose red plum with a good sweet flavour.- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Reine Claude de Bavay
The most widely-grown green gage, Reine Claude de Bavay has the distinctive gage-like flavour.- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Reine Claude Doree
A high-quality yellow-green gage, and usually more productive than other green gages.- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Reine Claude Violette
A traditional French gage first recorded in the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour. Also known as Purple Gage.£59.00buy- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Rivers' Early Prolific
Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.£59.00 - £60.50buy- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
Seneca
Seneca is a high-quality late-season large American plum with a notably sweet flavor.- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Stella's Star
A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.£60.50 - £62.00buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Thames Cross
An attractive yellow mid-season plum with a good flavour.- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Toptaste Kulinaria®
A new blue dessert plum with sweet yellow flesh, and good disease resistance.£60.50buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Warwickshire Drooper
Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
Willingham
A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.£59.00buy- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3