• See also:
• Eating plums34
• Dual-purpose plums18
• Japanese plums2

Plums for cooking

Plum and Damson varieties which are primarily used for cooking with.

• Belle de Louvain

  

  Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

• Blaisdon Red

  

  Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

• Czar

  

  Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.

  £60.50buy

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

• Dittisham Ploughman

  Dittisham Ploughman is a traditional dual-purpose plum from southern Devon.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

• Hauszwetsche German Prune

  

  Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.

  £60.50buy

  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4

• Katinka®

  A very early-season dual-purpose dark-blue plum with an excellent flavour.

  £60.50buy

  • Picking season: Very early
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2

• Kea

  Kea is a culinary plum from Cornwall, ideal for plum jam.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

• Kirke's Blue

  

  An old-fashioned blue plum with a rich sweet flavour.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

• Purple Pershore

  

  Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4
  • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

• Sanctus Hubertus

  

  One of the best cropping early-season plums.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
  • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

• Swan

  

  A popular traditional English dual-purpose red / purple plum.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

• Yellow Pershore

  

  Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4