PLUM TREES
2023/2024 

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Rootstock for our Bush Plum trees is St Julien A

Rootstock for our Patio Plums is Pixy

 

Varieties 

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Czar is a large dark black/purple early season plum. For eating fresh it is best fully ripe but is also an excellent variety for cooking. Self fertile.

 

Damson are smaller than plums and have a firmer flesh and a sweet-sour taste. The flesh is easy to remove from the stone and the Damson retains its shape well making it ideal for cooking. 

 

Marjorie's Seedling

A late season plum with attractive blue/black large fruits. Good for both eating and cooking. 

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Ontario

A large sweet yellow dual purpose plum, good for both cooking and eating. Self fertile. 

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Opal is an early plum with a gage like intense flavour, best grown in a sunny position to produce dusky red fruits with a heavy bloom. Best eaten fresh, but also useful for jams and fruit crumbles. Self fertile.

 

Reine - Claude d'Althan

A red sweet dessert plum which is especially frost resistant. 

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Reine - Claude d'Oullins

Large oval green, yellow fruits suitable for both cooking and eating. Ready for picking in mid August.

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Reine - Claude Verte

Green, golden sweet fruit with greenish, yellow flesh. Ideal for eating and cooking. 

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Victoria is the best known, most popular plum in the UK. Well known for its attractive plum coloured fruit and lovely flavour. It excels as a culinary plum, ideal for jams, pies and crumbles and also taste wonderful picked ripe from the tree. Self fertile.