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Varieties
15 varieties
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- Brompton
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Categories
Damsons
2
Plums
13
Eating plums
10
Cooking plums
4
Dual-purpose plums
7
Stock availability
All
15
In stock
15
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
15
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
Very large
15
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
33
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Very dwarf
1
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M9
26
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Dwarf
2
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VVA-1
22
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Quince Eline
10
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Gisela 5
12
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M26
45
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Semi-dwarf
2
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Wavit
1
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Weiwa
11
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M116
17
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MM106
86
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Colt
11
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Own-roots
1
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Quince A
18
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Semi-vigorous
64
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St. Julien
64
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MM111
15
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Pyrodwarf
14
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M25
27
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Brompton
15
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Bare-root
15
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
12
Average
2
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
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Self-fertile
9
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
5
Flowering group
?
1
2
2
3
12
4
1
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
2
Average
12
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
15
Mild damp climates
9
Warm climates
2
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
3
Mid
5
Late
7
Very late
Cropping
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Heavy
9
Good
6
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
7
1 week
8
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
10
Culinary
10
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
7
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
9
Average
3
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
1
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
1
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
1
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
10
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
5
1850 - 1899
3
1900 - 1949
4
1950 - 1999
1
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
15
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
6
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
1
Green - light
3
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
1
Purple - light
2
Red
2
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
3
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
5
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Blaisdon Red
Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cambridge Gage
Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Czar
Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Denniston's Superb
Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Farleigh
One of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hauszwetsche German Prune
Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Marjorie's Seedling
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Merryweather
Merryweather is a very popular damson, with unusually large fruit, one of the hardiest of fruit trees.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Old Green Gage
The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Opal
Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Queen's Crown
Queen's Crown is a dual-purpose red plum with a good sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rivers' Early Prolific
Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Sanctus Hubertus
One of the best cropping early-season plums.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Victoria
Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Willingham
A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile