Aylesbury Prune damson trees
Prunus insititia Aylesbury Prune is a traditional English culinary damson, which used to be grown commercially on a small-scale in the Vale of Aylesbury and surrounding areas of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
The fruits are small, blue-black in colour, and the stone is clinging.
Aylesbury Prune damson trees for sale
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree St. Julien rootstock £38.75
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(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Growing and Training
Although usually trained as a bush-tree for best fruit production, Aylesbury Prune can also be grown as a fruiting hedge.
It is likely to be tolerant of chalk, since the Vale of Aylesbury borders the chalky soils of the Chiltern hills.
History
Aylesbury Prune is assumed to originate from the Vale of Aylesbury, a traditional fruit-growing area to the west of the Chiltern hills. As well as its culinary uses, Aylesbury Prune damsons were also used in the manufacture of clothing dyes.
As with many old damson varieties, its origins are unknown, and it is not even certain whether it is a true damson (Prunus insititia) or a plum (Prunus domestica) or a natural hybrid. However like many damsons it grows relatively true from seed and is also easy to propagate on its own roots.
Aylesbury Prune characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
- Flowering group2
- Pollinating othersAverage
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesMild damp climatesWarm climates
- Picking seasonLate
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)1-3 days
- Food usesCulinary
- Disease resistanceAverage
- Bacterial cankerSome susceptibility
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1800 - 1849
- Blossom colourWhite
- Fruit colourBlue - dark
- Flesh colourGolden / Yellow
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