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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 dwarfing Pixy and 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 early April when dormant.
We have ended sales now because of dormancy coming to an end & the Coronovirus situation. If you do order we will retain the details and be in touch in October to confirm you still wish to proceed. In the meantime we will not take payment.
Blaisdon Red
£19.00Availability: 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. Now sold out on St Julien.
Picking time – late August Pollination group – C
Czar
£12.00Availability: 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. A few smaller trees remaining hence reduced price.
Picking time – early August Pollination group – C
Early Prolific
£19.00Availability: 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
Grove’s Late Victoria
£19.00Availability: 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
£19.00Availability: 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
£19.00Availability: 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
Opal
£19.00Availability: 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
£19.00Availability: 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
£19.00Availability: 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
£19.00Availability: 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
£19.00Availability: 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
£19.00Availability: 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. Now sold out on St Julien A & Pixy rootstocks
Picking time – late August Pollination group – C
Yellow Egg
£19.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A very good quality culinary plum. Was grown much in the Vale of Evesham, an area renowned for its plums. Large yellow fruits. Self-fertile. Hardy, reliable, heavy cropping.
Picking time – early / mid August Pollination group – C
