‘PLUMS’ ‘GAGES’ ‘DAMSONS’
This list has now been updated to include varieties that should be ready for sale this winter.
Blaisdon Red - The most well known Gloucestershire plum good for fresh eating and excellent for jam.
Cambridge Gage - A yellow/green gage with excellent flavour, prefers a warm sheltered spot.
Coes Golden Drop (Gage) - A large yellow gage, rich apricot like flavour, self fertile, ready late September.
Early Rivers or Early Prolific – Juicy bluish purple fruit, ready late July/early August, partially self-fertile.
Farleigh Damson - A small high quality damson that fruits regularly even in Northern districts. First grown in 1820's
Kirke's Blue - A large purple plum with a fantastic rich sweet flavour, prefers a sheltered spot. An old favourite from the 19th century.
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Marjorie's Seedling – One of the latest picking plums, producing large purple/black fruit, ready late September / October, often late enough to avoid the wasps, self-fertile. Merryweather (Damson) – Large, plum sized purple/black fruit. Good for cooking or eating, ready late September, self-fertile. Nottingham, 1907. Old English Greengage (Gage) - Medium sized yellow- green juicy fruits, with a fine rich sweet flavour, derived from the middle ages, ready mid August. |
Merryweather Damsons |
Opal - One of the most reliable plums, red fruit with a lovely flavour, ready late July, self fertile.
Shropshire Prune (Damson) - Small traditional damson, reliable intense flavoured fruit. Shropshire 17th Century.
Victoria – Best known plum, heavy crops of pale red fruit, ready late August, self-fertile,19th Century.
Warwickshire Drooper - A large reliable plum, good for cooking and fresh eating, the name is slightly confusing as it is thought to have originated from Gloucestershire/Worcestershire area. The tree has an unusual spreading weeping habit.
Yellow Pershore - Also known as 'Yellow Egg', large plum ideal for bottling but can be eaten fresh.
Prices:
Bare Root Maidens (1 year) £ 14.00
Bare Root Bush (2 year) £ 15.00