‘PLUMS’ ‘GAGES’
‘DAMSONS’ 'MIRABELLE'
THE LIST BELOW WILL BE UPDATED LATER IN THE SUMMER
WITH VARIETIES THAT WILL BE READY FOR SALE FROM LATE
NOVEMBER 2015
Avalon -
First grown in Bristol, an excellent quality, mid season red dessert plum.
Partially self-fertile.
Blaisdon Red -
The most well known Gloucestershire plum good for fresh eating and excellent
for jam. Ready mid August.
Cambridge Gage
- A yellow/green gage with excellent flavour, prefers a warm sheltered spot.
Ready late August.
Coes Golden
Drop - Large, oval shaped yellow gage. Good quality for fresh eating and
preserving, ready late September. First grown in the 18th century.
Czar - An
excellent and reliable early purple cooking plum, which can be eaten fresh when
fully ripe. Self-fertile, 19th century.
Dymock Red-
Nice red dessert plum from Dymock in Gloucestershire
Early
Transparent Gage - Cropping is heavy by gage standards (although still light
compared with many plums) and it is reasonably reliable. It has the rich sweet
gage-like flavour and aroma of a genuine gage, but it is also an excellent
culinary variety producing a well-flavoured straw-coloured jam.
Farleigh Damson - A small high
quality damson that fruits regularly even in Northern districts. First grown in
1820's.
Kirke's Blue - A large purple
plum with a fantastic rich sweet flavour, prefers a sheltered spot. An old
favourite from the 19th century. Ready early September.
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Marjorie's
Seedling – One
of the latest picking plums, producing large purple/black fruit, ready late
September / October, often late enough to avoid the wasps, self-fertile.
Merryweather
(Damson) –
Large, plum sized purple/black fruit. Good for cooking or eating, ready late
September, self-fertile.
Nottingham, 1907.
Mirabelle de Nancy -
Originating from France in the 16th century. Yellow/orange fruit with green
tinges and red spots. Can be eaten fresh or cooked. Ready in September.
Old
English Greengage
(Gage)
- Medium sized yellow- green juicy fruits, with a fine rich sweet flavour, derived from
the middle ages, ready mid August.
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Merryweather Damsons |
Oullins Gage - Large golden yellow fruit, with good gage like flavour.
Self-fertile, pick mid Aug.
Rivers Early Prolific - Ready late July. Good dessert plum when
fully ripe, heavy cropper. First grown circa 1820. Self-fertile.
Shropshire Prune (Damson) - Small
traditional damson, reliable intense flavoured fruit. Shropshire 17th Century.
Victoria –
Best
known plum, heavy crops of pale red fruit, ready late August, self-fertile,19th Century.
Warwickshire Drooper - A large reliable
plum, good for cooking and fresh eating, the name is slightly confusing as it is
thought to have originated from Gloucestershire/Worcestershire area. The tree
has an unusual spreading weeping habit.
Yellow Pershore - Also
known as 'Yellow Egg', large plum ideal for bottling but can be eaten
fresh. Ready mid August.
Prices:
Bare Root Maidens (1 year)
£15.00
Bare Root Bush and a few
Half Standards(2 year)
£18.00
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