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Plums, Gages & Damsons

Availability Autumn - Winter 2011-12
St Julien A - moderate: mdn £19.00, bush £21; Pixy - very dwarfing: mdn £20.00, bush £22.

    SF =self-fertile; S = St Julien A; P = Pixy  

Blue Tit

Po. 3

SF Medium , round, juicy, blue with rich gage flavour, good frost res. recommended for north. mid Aug.

S bush

 

Blue Violet Damson Po. 3 SF Lancs 1932. Sweet fruit eats raw when ripe as well as cooks, drops from tree mid August. S


Coe's Golden Drop

Po. 2

Sweet, rich, gage-like, good on a wall in Scotland, pollinators: Denniston’s or Cambridge. Sep/Oct

S bush

 

Czar Po.3 SF. Hardy reliable plum, good frost and disease res., crops July/August. Dual purpose S + P


Denniston's Superb

Po. 2

SF Medium yellow fruit, gage-like flavour, heavy, reliable crops, good in north. Late August.

S bush, P Mdn

 

Early Transparent Gage

Po. 4

SF. Rich greengage flavour; heavy crop may need thinning, compact growth. August.

S Mdn                           

Farleigh Damson Po.3 PSF Small fruit, good quality, good in north, densely twiggy so good for hedging. Mid Sept. 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 bush


Goldfinch Po.3 SF fruit round, yellow, juicy and rich. Quite a small tree. Good in the North. Late August. S bush


Guinevere SF Po.3

SF. Late plum, large, better quality than Marjorie's Seedling and cropping about the same time - late September.

S bush
Herman Po. 2 SF. Excellent early dessert plum, 2 weeks before Czar and better flavour. Purple. Swedish, hardy. S + P


King of the Damsons

Po.2

SF. Notts 1880. A.k.a. Bradleys King. Large fruit, regular cropper, mid-Sept S + P


Langley Bullace

Po. 2

SF. Damson x plum cross. Blue/black skin, green flesh; plum-sized fruit, heavy crops, late cooker. October.

S

Merryweather Damson

Po. 3

SF Large damson, fair/good flavour, heavy, precocious, regular crops, sweeter than most, Sep

S + P

 

 Methley

Po.1 

SF.  One of the best Japanese plums  - Prunus salicina -  small, sweet; red flesh and juice, mild flavour. 

S Mdn

Opal

Po. 3

PSF Medium, red/purple skin; gold, firm flesh, good flavour, dense moderate tree. Late July/Aug

S + P


Oullins Golden Gage

Po. 4

SF Yellow skin & flesh, tasty but not a true gage, dual purpose, fairly healthy and good in north. Aug.

 

Old Greengage

 

Po. 3 PSF. Excellent flavour, moderate crops, green fruit

S + P

Shropshire Prune Damson

Po. 4

SF Best damson flavour, moderate but reliable crops, traditional hedgerow tree in some areas. Mid Sept.

S + P

 

Victoria

Po. 3

SF Eats, cooks, preserves well; heavy yield –may need thinning or support; good pollinator; Aug/Sep

S + P

 

Warwickshire Drooper Po. 2 SF. cooker/eater, large yellow fruit; heavy, regular crops, weeping tree. Fermented to 'Plum Jerkum' is said to 'leave the head clear while paralyzing the legs'. S bush





 

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