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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.

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

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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.



 

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