Sweet Damson Damson trees ready for dispatch
Sweet Damson Damson trees growing in August

Fruit trees & bushes are dispatched when dormant from late November to late March. When you order we will email you an Order Confirmation in December when we take payment. We do have accumulated orders so we will be in contact to arrange delivery or collection from January.

Sweet Damson

£20.50

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How can a damson be sweet? It sounds like an antithesis! Maybe called a damson because of the small fruit size – no more than 25mm/1″ across. Elliptical in shape, the dark purple skin has sweet greenish yellow flesh beneath. Stone partially clings when ripe from late August / early September. Arose in Gloucestershire and grown much along the lower Severn in the recent past.

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St Julien A maiden (moderate), St Julien A two year (moderate)

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