Belle
de Louvain |
|
Belle
de Louvain has very Large red/purple bloomy fruits with
a bright yellow flesh which also make excellent jam. A
Prolific cropper. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
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|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
September |
Czar |
|
The
large purple fruits are tender with a pleasant slightly
acidic flavour. Czar can be used as a dessert when fully ripe,
otherwise a good cooking plum. Self Fertile. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
September |
Herman |
|
Plum Herman is a very
early self-fertile blue-violet plum similar in appearance to a
Czar but with much improved flavour |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
July |
Heron |
|
Large
blue plum speckled with purple. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
August |
Kirkes
Blue |
|
Mid
season eater. Large purple fruit, firm, sweet and juicy.
An old favourite. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
July |
Marjories |
|
Late-season
eating and cooking plum. Large purple fruit, good cropper. Late-flowering, so tends to miss the spring frosts Self fertile. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
5 |
Harvest |
September |
Manns
No.1 |
|
Similar
characteristics to Victoria but fruiting slightly earlier. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
August |
Monarch |
|
Large,
Blue-black round fruit with bloomy skin. Good flavour and
high yield. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
September |
Opal |
|
An excellent heavy cropping,
self-fertile, purple dessert plum. Reddish purple flush
over a yellow bloomy skin. Good sweet flavour. Very reliable. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
July |
Purple
Pershore |
|
A
sport of the Pershore plum, introduced around 1900.
Produces dark purple fruit that are excellent for stewing
and for jams. A good reliable culinary plum. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
August |
Reeves |
|
Very
large, round, reddish purple fruit. A good flavoured
dessert or culinary plum. A heavy cropper |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
July |
Rivers
Early Prolific |
|
Introduced
around 1830 by Thomas Rivers, a small compact tree with
small round purple fruit. The flesh is golden yellow, and
when fully ripe they make for very pleasant eating - firm
but sweet. Excellent for cooking and bottling. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
August |
Sanctus
Hubertus |
|
An
improved Early Rivers plum with large purple-blue fruit
which are dessert or culinary and partly self fertile. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
August |
Swan |
|
Medium
large, round-oval fruit. Dark red skin usually covered
with a heavy purple bloom. Better suited to culinary use. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
August |
Victoria |
|
The
bright red fruit have a wonderful flavour and as well as a
dessert they make the very best jams. Plum Victoria is one of the best
loved of all fruit trees, and no orchard or fruit garden
is complete without one. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
August |
Warwickshire
Drooper |
|
A late
yellow plum. An old favourite which is making a come back.
Attractive tree with weeping habit giving this plum its name of Warwickshire
Drooper, which always crops
well. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
August |
Yellow
Pershore |
|
One of the best and most popular
traditional English culinary plums. Yellow bloomy skin. Firm, dry, yellow flesh. Plum Yellow
Pershore is reliable
and self fertile. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£36.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
August |
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