Cool Temperate - Plums & Damsons

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.	S
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