Purple Pershore
£12.00 – £19.00
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.
Trees on St Julien A smaller now approx. 1.2m / 4′ tall hence reduced price.
Picking time – early / mid August Pollination group – C
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Picking time – late August / early September Pollination group – C
