Cool Temperate - Plums & Damsons

Plums, Gages & Damsons

Rootstocks, bare-root prices, autumn/winter 2007/8
St Julien A - moderate: £19.00; Pixy - very dwarfing: £20.00.
Fans on St Julien A £35.00-45.00

Blue Rock	Po. 2	PSF. Blue/black squarish fruit, eat or cook, good quality and yield, mid August.	Pixy
Blue Tit	Po. 3	SF Medium , round, juicy, blue with rich gage flavour, good frost res. recommended for north. mid Aug.	St.J.A & Pixy
Cambridge Gage	Po. 4	SF Small gage, very good flavour, also cooks & bottles well, needs warm site & lime in soil. Aug/Sep	S
Coe's Golden Drop	Po. 2	Sweet, rich, gage-like, good on a wall in Scotland, pollinators: Denniston’s or Cambridge. Sep/Oct	Pixy
Czar	Po.3	SF Hardiest plum, purple/black cooker, resists frost, sharka virus and fruit crack. Aug.	S
Denniston's Superb	Po. 2	SF Medium yellow fruit, gage-like flavour, heavy, reliable crops, good in north. Late August.	S,P
Early Transparent Gage	Po. 4	SF. Rich greengage flavour; heavy crop may need thinning, compact growth. August.	S
Farleigh Damson	Po.3 PSF	Small fruit, good quality, good in north, densely twiggy so good for hedging. Mid Sept.	S
German Prune Damson	Po. 3 SF	Old variety known since at least the 1600's.	S
Golden Transparent Gage	Po.3 PSF	Very large golden fruit with red dots; sweet & rich; good in North given a wall. Sep/Oct	S
Goldfinch	Po.3 SF	fruit round yellow juicy and rich. Quite a small tree. Good in the North. Late August.	S
Gordon Castle	Po.4	Scots plum, Coes Golden Drop x Victoria, peach-coloured, firm fleshed, sweet, excellent flavour. Makes 'double' fruits occasionally. Mid September.
Herman	Po. 2	SF. Excellent early dessert plum, 2 weeks before Czar and better flavour. Purple. Swedish, hardy.	sja
Italian Prune Damson	Po. 3 SF	Known in Lombardy 1800’s and grown in UK since 1826. Slightly larger than average fruit.	sja
Jefferson	Po. 1	Med/large yellow gage, rich, sweet; fairly hardy; fair/good crops, needs pollinator - Dennistons Gage is recommended. Aug/Sep.	S
Jubilee	Po. 3	SF. New Swedish plum. Similar to Victoria, one week earlier, much larger fruit. Should suit most areas.	sold out
Kirkes Blue	Po. 4	Top quality, purple/black skin, yellow flesh, rich., sweet, juicy. Compact tree, yield varies. Aug/Sep.	S
Langley Bullace	Po. 2	SF. Damson x plum cross. Blue/black skin, green flesh; heavy crops, late cooker. October.	S
Laxton's Cropper	Po.3 SF	Cooks; eats fresh later; red/purple fruit, med/large; very heavy crops, mod. vigorous tree. E Sep/Oct	S
Marjorie's Seedling	Po. 5	PSF Large purple cooker/eater, good health, misses frosts, heavy crop, vigorous tree. Sep/Oct	S
Merryweather Damson	Po. 3	SF Large damson, fair/good flavour, heavy, precocious, regular crops, sweeter than most, Sep/Oct	S
Opal	Po. 3	PSF Medium, red/purple skin; gold, firm flesh, good flavour, dense moderate tree. Late July/Aug	S
Oullins Golden Gage	Po. 4	SF Yellow skin & flesh, tasty but not a true gage, dual purpose, fairly healthy and good in north. Aug.	S
Old Greengage	Po. 3	PSF. Excellent flavour, moderate crops, green fruit	S
Purple Pershore	Po. 3	SF Excellent cooker, can make good eater, healthy, heavy crop, vigorous dense tree. Mid/Late August	Sold out
Reeves	Po.3	Dessert & cooks well, very large, red/purple, round; crops heavily, best with a pollinator. Aug/Sep
Rivers Early Prolific	Po. 3	PSF Healthy early blue-black cooker, dessert in a good year, damson flavour, enjoys limy soil. Jul/Aug.
Shropshire Prune Damson	Po. 4	SF Best damson flavour, moderate but reliable crops, traditional hedgerow tree. Mid Sept.	S,Pixy
Victoria	Po. 3	SF Eats, cooks, preserves well; heavy yield –may need thinning or support; good pollinator; Aug/Sep	S, Pixy
Warwickshire Drooper	Po. 2	SF. cooker/eater, large yellow fruit, heavy crops, weeping tree.	P
Willingham Gage	Po. 3	SF Greengage type selected by the Royal Horticultural Society for good cropping and quality. mid Aug.	S,P

MIRABELLES on St. Julien A. Origin Ukraine. Crop mid/late August. Partially self fertile. £20.00

Gypsy- Large dark carmine fruit, rich,sugary flavour.

Golden Sphere - Large yellow fruit with a fresh plummy flavour.