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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
Grove’s Late Victoria
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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
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
Purple Pershore
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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
Yellow Egg
£19.50Availability: 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
