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An expanding selection of Plum trees are offered for sale from dessert to culinary varieties. Plums ripen from July until September with most varieties ripening during August. There are Plum trees to buy to suit everyone. Choose from well known varieties such as Victoria to the less well known but just as desirable varieties. The different Plum trees for sale are detailed below and there is more information on plum trees and growing them at the bottom of this page.
All Plums are available as bare root ‘maidens’ on moderate vigour St Julien A rootstock with a few available on more vigorous Brompton.
Plums ripen from mid July into September. You may wish to choose a selection of trees and spread the picking time. These details are provided for each variety. You can see a summary on the ‘Picking & Storage’ advice page.
Discount information – the following discounts apply on total order value, excluding carriage – 5% on 5+ trees, 10% on 10+ trees. Carriage based on quantity – see the Delivery page for more details.
Plum trees are dispatched between late November and March when dormant.
We will make the plum trees available during July when we are certain of their growth well in advance of availability.
Blaisdon Red
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A heavy fruiting culinary plum of good quality. Good disease resistance. Skin purple-red with a bloom that is easily wiped away. Sweet yet sharp flavoured golden coloured flesh. Grown much in Gloucestershire for jam making from the late 1800s. Self fertile. Sold out now.
Picking time – late August Pollination group – C
Blue Tit
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
Produces round medium sized blue plums with a light blue bloom. Yellow flesh, quite juicy of good flavour. A cross between a Gage and a plum hence its quality of flavour. Reliable cropper and self fertile. A good garden variety. An English variety Introduced 1938. Rootstock availability: St Julien A.
Pricing time – early / mid August Pollination group – E
Burbank
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
Burbank arose from a stone in 1883 in the US and is named after its original grower. Though ‘triflora’ plums are often grown in warmer climates Burbank succeeds well in the UK. Flowering is early, so cold damage will often reduce the crop. If unaffected the cropping can be very heavy. The round plums are dark red with yellow mottling. The flesh is juicy, sharp but of good flavour and suitable for eating or cooking.
Czar
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A culinary plum but very good as a dessert when ripe. Upright growth with frost resistance. One of the most prolific croppers and self fertile. This plum owes its name to the visit of the Tsar of Russia in 1874. Raised by prolific plant breeder and nurseryman Thomas Rivers from a cross between Early Prolific and less well known Prince Englebert.
Picking time – early August Pollination group – C
Denbigh
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A dual purpose plum large and oval in shape. Ripe by late August the plum is dark red with many small yellow dots and a blueish bloom. The golden yellow flesh is sweet juicy of of good flavour. Also known as Cox’s Emperor.
Picking time – late August Pollination group – C
Early Prolific
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
One of the earliest plums. Very good as a dessert plum when ripe. Otherwise a good plum for cooking and making jam. Plums round oval dark blue with a heavy bloom and golden yellow flesh. Heavy cropping. Requires pollination. Raised by Thomas Rivers at his nursery in Hertfordshire about 1820.
Picking time – late July Pollination group – C
Excalibur
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A relatively new dessert plum being introduced in 1989. Produces large roundish plums that are a little longer than wide. Skin colour becomes red orange when ripe with a light pale blue bloom. The pale yellow flesh is sweet & juicy of good flavour. It is not self fertile.
Picking time – Mid August Pollination group – E.
Grove’s Late Victoria
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A sport of Victoria that ripens later – about 10 days later. Has the same qualities as Victoria – an excellent dual purpose variety, large plums good to eat fresh. With its size good for cooking. Self fertile. Rootstock: St Julien A.
Picking time – late August / early September Pollination group – C
Herman
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A very early reliable dual purpose plum that can ripen from early July. The roundish plums are of medium size with a distinct suture that is often broad and deep. Ripens to a blue/black colour with thick blue bloom. Greenish yellow flesh of good flavour. A variety to extend the plum season being the earliest to ripen. Self fertile.
Picking time – mid July Pollination group – C
Heron
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A large, long, oval shaped purple plum with greenish yellow flesh of good quality. A reliable cropper. One of a selection of Plums raised by Rivers Nursery and named after birds. Rootstock: St Julien A.
Picking time – early August Pollination group – C
Kirke’s Blue
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A very enjoyable late dessert plum that ripens in the first half of September. Medium sized plums dark purple when ripe with a thick blue bloom that is quite persistant if wiped. The greenish yellow flesh is juicy which comes freely apart from its stone and is of excellent flavour. There is shallow suture that runs from top to bottom of the fruit.
Picking time – early/mid September Pollination group – D
Marjories Seedling
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
One of the latest cropping plums with large deep purple fruits with a blue bloom. Oval in shape. A dual purpose plum with greenish yellow flesh that is quite sweet. Regular and heavy cropping. A late flowering plum and is self fertile. Originated in Berkshire in 1912. Now sold out on St Julien A
Picking time – early / mid September Pollination group – E
Opal
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A medium sized reddish purple dessert plum of very good flavour. An early alternative to Victoria. A good reliable self fertile variety that produces a neat round headed tree. Bred at a Swedish Horticultural Research station in 1925.
Picking time – early August Pollination Group – C
Pershore Emblem
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A new plum variety found in Pershore, Worcestershire. It produces plump dark purple skinned fruits with golden flesh in the early half of August. a very nice tasting dessert plum. The parent tree is some 15-20 years old. It grew from a stone with one of the parents likely to be Early Prolific.
Picking time – early / mid August Pollination group – C
Purple Pershore
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
An excellent heavy cropping culinary plum. Medium sized reddish purple plums, often lop sided with a neck towards the stalk. Self fertile. Arose iaround 1877, its cooking and preserving qualities were soon recognised and became widely grown in the Vale of Evesham.
Picking time – early / mid August Pollination group – C
Sanctus Hubertus
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
Good quality early dessert plum fruiting from mid July. Early ripening helps to extend the plum season. Medium sized, round/oval shape, dark red skin with a thick blue bloom. Yellow flesh with a good rich flavour. Requires pollination. Introduced in Belgium in 1966.
Picking time – late July Pollination group – C
Swan
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A useful dual purpose variety ripening in the middle of the plum season. Produces quite round dark red skinned plums with a purple bloom. The flesh is juicy and sweet good for eating aswell as cooking. A good versatile plum! Raised by Rivers Nursery in Hertfordshire around 1900.
Picking time – early August Pollination group – C
Victoria
£19.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
Most well-known plum. Deservedly popular and the main commercial plum in the UK. Though not top quality as a dessert it is very nice to eat when ripe and cooks & preserves well. Large in size, oval in shape with pale red skin & yellowish green flesh. Self-fertile, good pollinator. Reliable heavy cropper. First arose in Sussex around 1840. Sold out on St Julien A now.
Picking time – late August Pollination group – C
