Gloucestershire Plums
(24/01/2025) WE HAVE REMOVED ALL PLUMS AND RELATED TREES (DAMSONS, GAGES, MIRABELLES ETC) FROM AVAILABILITY, AS THE REMAINING TREES IN THE FIELD ARE MARGINAL. ONCE WE HAVE SUPPLIED OUR EXISTING ORDERS, WE WILL REVIEW IN MARCH AND IF THERE ARE STILL GOOD TREES REMAINING WE WILL RETURN SOME TO AVAILABILITY HERE.
The county of Gloucestershire is well known for its plums. Grown particularly along the lower reaches of the River Severn south of Gloucester and into the Forest of Dean. Some Gloucestershire plums are very local to certain parts of the county and as a result are dwindling in number.
At the request of Gloucestershire Orchard Trust (GOT) we are growing a good selection of these Gloucestershire plums & damson trees. All available as bare-root ‘maidens’ on vigorous Brompton rootstocks & some on moderate vigour St Julien A.
We are growing a couple of other Goucestershire plums – Blaisdon Red & Grove’s Late Victoria. These are more widely known and are also on the Plums page.
Discount information: 5% on 5+ trees, 10% on 10+ trees. Delivery cost: based on quantity ordered. See the How to Order page for more details.
Plum trees are dispatched between late November and late March when dormant.
You are welcome to order now. We will acknowledge your order and email you an Order Confirmation when we take payment in October or November, before being in contact to arrange delivery or collection through the dormant season. Orders placed well in advance will generally be supplied late November or December.
Gloucestershire Plums
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Blaisdon Red
St Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stockBrompton maiden (vigorous): Out of stockBrompton two year (vigorous): Out of stock £24.50A heavy fruiting culinary plum of good quality. Skin purple-red with a bloom. Sweet yet sharp flavoured golden coloured flesh.
Picking time: late August
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Dymock Red
Brompton two year (vigorous): Out of stockBrompton maiden (vigorous): Out of stockSt Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stock £24.50Round in appearance with some elongation. Ripens to purple and is a good dual purpose plum, the yellow flesh becoming sweet.
Picking time – late August
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Grove’s Late Victoria
Pixy two year (semi dwarfing): Out of stockSt Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stock £12.50 – £24.50A sport of Victoria that ripens later. It has the same qualities as Victoria – an excellent dual purpose variety, large plums good to eat fresh or cook.
Picking time: late August / early September
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Michaelmas Damson
St Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stock £24.50Michaelmas Damson produces small round dark purple damsons. The greenish yellow flesh is sharply astringent so to use needs cooking.
Picking time – mid / late September
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Old Pruin
Brompton maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £24.50Smallish plums ovate in shape narrower around the stem basin. Skin reddish purple with a bloom. The flesh is green & sweet of plummy flavour.
Picking time – early-mid August
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Rodley Blackjack
Brompton maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £12.50Plums often round in shape, but sometimes elongated even flattened. Flesh green with a damson flavour but pleasant consumed fresh.
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Rowles Pruin
Brompton maiden (vigorous): Out of stockBrompton two year (vigorous): Out of stock £24.50A dual purpose variety. Round fruits with a blue skin with a bloom and green yellow flesh that is sweet but with a damson sharpness.
Picking time – mid August
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Shit Smock
St Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stockBrompton maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £12.50 – £24.50The name suggests the effect of over consumption of this yellow green skinned dual purpose plum! Plums small, usually spherical and sweet with sharpness.
Fruiting time – mid August
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Sweet Damson
St Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stock £12.50Different to other damsons ripening earlier and being sweet. elliptical in shape, the dark purple skin has sweet greenish yellow flesh beneath.
Picking time: late August / early September
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Winterbourne Magnum
St Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stockBrompton maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £24.50A dual purpose variety. Medium sized plums, oval in shape, with purple to dark red skin with a light bloom and sweet yellow flesh.
Picking time – mid August
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