Heron
£19.00
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
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Picking time – early / mid August Pollination group – C
Herman
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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
Czar
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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
Victoria
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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.
Picking time – late August Pollination group – C
