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Varieties
36 varieties
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Categories
Almonds
1
Apricots
3
Cherry plums
4
Damsons
5
Inter-specific trees
1
Mirabelles
5
Nectarines
1
Plums
20
Eating plums
19
Cooking plums
2
Dual-purpose plums
8
Japanese plums
1
Stock availability
All
36
In stock
36
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
3
2-year bush-trained
30
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
8
2-year top-worked
1
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
2
Medium
Large
34
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
32
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Very dwarf
1
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M9
16
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Dwarf
2
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VVA-1
13
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Quince Eline
7
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Gisela 5
7
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M26
36
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Semi-dwarf
1
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Wavit
1
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MM106
50
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Colt
5
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Own-roots
1
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Quince A
15
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Semi-vigorous
53
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St. Julien
36
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Supplied as
12L pot
35
8L-9L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
21
Average
8
Experienced
5
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
21
Partially self-fertile
10
Not self-fertile
4
Flowering group
?
1
5
2
7
3
18
4
4
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
4
Average
29
Poor
1
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
32
Mild damp climates
10
Warm climates
10
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
1
Early
6
Mid
14
Late
13
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
15
Good
13
Light
6
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
15
1 week
18
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
1
Food uses
Eating fresh
25
Culinary
25
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
8
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
15
Average
7
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
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
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
6
Germany
4
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
3
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
4
United Kingdom
13
United States
3
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
2
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
6
1850 - 1899
4
1900 - 1949
4
1950 - 1999
10
2000
4
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
30
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
9
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
1
Green - light
4
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
1
Pink
Purple
3
Purple - light
3
Red
5
Red - dark
2
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
2
Yellow / Orange
1
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
7
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
7
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
1
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Varieties list
Avalon
Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Bergeval
®
A modern apricot with pretty orange fruits and a rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: 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
Compacta
®
Featured on BBC Gardeners' World, this is one of the best apricot trees for growing in a small space.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Countess
A dark-red cherry plum, with sweet golden flesh, suitable for eating fresh and cooking.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially 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
Early Transparent Gage
One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
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
Flavor King
Flavor King is a pluot (Japanese plum / apricot cross) with large sweet fruit.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Golden Sphere
Golden Sphere is a large yellow Cherry Plum with a sweet plum-like flavour.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Gypsy
Gypsy is a bright red Cherry Plum with a notably sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Haganta
Haganta is a new large blue plum variety from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially 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
Herman
Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ingrid
Ingrid is the best Almond variety for the UK climate, suitable for the warmer and drier areas of the UK.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Jubilee
Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Katinka
®
A very early-season dual-purpose dark-blue plum with an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
King of the Damsons
A traditional 19th century English damson from Nottinghamshire. Also widely-known as Bradley's King.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Kioto
®
One of the easier apricots for UK growers, attractive orange fruits blushed red. The blossom has some frost resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Malling Elizabeth
TM
This new plum variety was released to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially 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
Mirabelle de Nancy
Mirabelle de Nancy is the definitive traditional French Mirabelle, originating from north-east France.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Nectarella
Nectarella is a genetic dwarf nectarine, ideal for growing in a pot.
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
Oullins Golden Gage
The flavour of a true gage yet also easy to grow, Oullins Golden Gage is a good first gage tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Reine Claude Violette
A traditional French gage first recorded in the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour. Also known as Purple Gage.
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
Ruby
Ruby is a large-fruited modern Cherry Plum, with dark red flesh.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Shepherds Bullace
A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Shropshire Prune
The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Stella's Star
A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Toptaste Kulinaria
®
A new blue dessert plum with sweet yellow flesh, and good disease resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
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
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