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Pollination of
Opal
plum trees
Opal
(
Prunus domestica
) is in
flowering group 3
. Opal is
self-fertile
and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.
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Varieties that will pollinate
Opal
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Aprimira
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Aprimira is a sweet self-fertile apricot-mirabelle cross, also known as a miracot.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
Wavit
Weiwa
Avalon
in stock
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Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
Flowering group: 2
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Aylesbury Prune
in stock
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A traditional English damson, which used to be grown in the Vale of Aylesbury.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Belle de Louvain
in stock
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Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Blaisdon Red
in stock
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Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Brompton
Blue Tit
in stock
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Blue Tit is a popular English dual-purpose plum, easy to grow, reliable cropping.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Blue Violet
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A traditional Westmorland damson variety - unusually sweet and early-ripening for a damson.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Early
Cambridge Gage
in stock
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Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Brompton
Czar
in stock
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Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
Brompton
Denniston's Superb
in stock
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Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.
Flowering group: 2
Good pollinator
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Brompton
Dittisham Ploughman
in stock
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Dittisham Ploughman is a traditional dual-purpose plum from southern Devon.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Early Transparent Gage
in stock
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One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Edda
in stock
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A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Excalibur
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Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Farleigh
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One of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Brompton
Gordon Castle
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A good dessert plum for northern areas due to its hardiness.
Flowering group: 4
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Guinevere
in stock
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Guinevere is a modern late-season dessert plum, with a good flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Haganta
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Haganta is a new large blue plum variety from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Hauszwetsche German Prune
in stock
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Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Brompton
Herman
in stock
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Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Jefferson
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Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.
Flowering group: 2
Good pollinator
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Jubilee
in stock
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Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
Weiwa
St. Julien
Katinka
in stock
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A very early-season dual-purpose dark-blue plum with an excellent flavour.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Very early
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Kea
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Kea is a culinary plum from Cornwall, ideal for plum jam.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Mid
King of the Damsons
in stock
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A traditional 19th century English damson from Nottinghamshire. Also widely-known as Bradley's King.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Kirke's Blue
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An old-fashioned blue plum with a rich sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Lindsey Gage
in stock
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Lindsey Gage is a sweet-flavoured green gage, similar to Cambridge Gage.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Marjorie's Seedling
in stock
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Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Brompton
Merryweather
in stock
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Merryweather is a very popular damson, with unusually large fruit, one of the hardiest of fruit trees.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Brompton
Mirabelle de Nancy
in stock
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Mirabelle de Nancy is the definitive traditional French Mirabelle, originating from north-east France.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Old Green Gage
in stock
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The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Brompton
Purple Pershore
in stock
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Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Queen's Crown
in stock
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Queen's Crown is a dual-purpose red plum with a good sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Brompton
Reeves
in stock
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A high-quality English dual-purpose plum, similar to Victoria but with an improved flavour for eating fresh.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Reine Claude de Bavay
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The most widely-grown green gage, Reine Claude de Bavay has the distinctive gage-like flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Reine Claude Doree
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A high-quality yellow-green gage, and usually more productive than other green gages.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Reine Claude Violette
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A traditional French gage first recorded in the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour. Also known as Purple Gage.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Rivers' Early Prolific
in stock
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Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Brompton
Sanctus Hubertus
in stock
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One of the best cropping early-season plums.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Brompton
Seneca
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Seneca is a high-quality late-season large American plum with a notably sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Shepherds Bullace
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A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Shropshire Prune
in stock
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The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Stella's Star
in stock
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A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Swan
in stock
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A popular traditional English dual-purpose red / purple plum.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Thames Cross
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An attractive yellow mid-season plum with a good flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Toptaste Kulinaria
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A new blue dessert plum with sweet yellow flesh, and good disease resistance.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
Weiwa
St. Julien
Victoria
in stock
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Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
Flowering group: 3
Good pollinator
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
Weiwa
St. Julien
Brompton
Violetta
in stock
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A new heavy-cropping self-fertile dwarf plum from Sweden.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Warwickshire Drooper
in stock
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Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
St. Julien
Willingham
in stock
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A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
VVA-1
St. Julien
Brompton
Yellow Pershore
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Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
