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Plums, Gages & Damson Trees

ROOTSTOCKS Trees are supplied on rootstocks best suited to the form and variety of tree offered and able to thrive in a wide range of soil and weather conditions. Plums are supplied on St. Julien A, which is particulary good if conditions are less than ideal, or on Pixy, which is a more dwarfing stock. Victoria maiden is available on St. Julien A and Pixy rootstock. The rootstock will be marked on the plant label.

POLLINATION Many plums do not require pollinators, those which do not are indicated in the plant description. To select a pollinator choose another variety of plum in the same group, previous group or following group (a table showing this is in our Plum Pollination Guide).

PLANTING DISTANCE Bushes 12-15ft (3.7-4.6m) apart. Half standards 15-18ft (4.6-5.5m) apart. Full standard 25-30ft (7.6-9.1m) apart. For Pixy rootstock the planting distance can be reduced by 4ft (1.2m).

HALF STANDARD, BUSH, FULL STANDARD and MINARETTES Available for collection from the Garden Centre.

MAIDEN TREES These are young trees suitable for growing into bush, half standard and fan-trained forms.

FAN AND ESPALIER TREES For best results we recommend buying maidens and training them.

PLUM, CZAR (Prunus domestica Czar). Award of Garden MeritSeason of Use: Early Aug Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Desert FruitGo to Top of Page

Medium sized round or oval purple plum, good flavour. Flesh yellow-green, very juicy, good cropper, hardy. Does particularly well if trained on a sunny wall. Bred by Thomas Rivers in Hertfordshire in 1871, a cross between Prince Englebert and Early Prolific and named in honour of the Russian Emperor who was visiting at the time.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, EARLY TRANSPARENT GAGE (Prunus domestica Early Transparent Gage). Season of Use: Aug Desert FruitGo to Top of Page

Medium sized yellow fruits spotted red, melting, very sweet golden flesh, exceptional flavour. Reliable, regular cropper. Suitable for most parts of the United Kingdom. Raised in Hertfordshire in 1866.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, EXCALIBUR (Prunus domestica Excalibur). NewSeason of Use: Late July Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Go to Top of Page

New, very prolific, red-fruited variety, very large, excellent quality, sweet and juicy, similar to Victoria. Strong growing tree.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, FARLEIGH DAMSON (Prunus insititia Farleigh Damson). Award of Garden MeritSeason of Use: Mid-late Sept Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Go to Top of Page

Small oval blue-black fruit, good damson flavour, prolific cropper. Very hardy and most likely to crop regularly in northern districts. Raised in Kent in 1820.
Pollination: Group 1. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, MARJORIE'S SEEDLING (Prunus domestica Marjorie's Seedling). Award of Garden MeritSeason of Use: Late Sept - early Oct Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Desert FruitGo to Top of Page

Large oval blue-black plums. Juicy yellow flesh of good flavour. Very good cropper, vigorous. If refrigerated after picking the fruit can keep for up to a month. Raised in Staffordshire in 1912 by Burleydown Nurseries, then it was sold to a Worcestershire man, Mr. Sykes, who named it after his wife Marjorie.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, MERRYWEATHER DAMSON (Prunus insititia Merryweather Damson). Season of Use: Early Sept Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Go to Top of Page

Large blue-black fruit of true damson flavour. Will succeed in exposed, wet districts where plums may fail. Very popular variety, raised in Nottinghamshire in 1907.
Pollination: Group 1. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, OLD GREENGAGE (Prunus domestica Old Greengage). Season of Use: Mid Aug Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Desert FruitGo to Top of Page

This true greengage may not carry such a high yield as modern varieties, but the fruit, with its translucent flesh, is unsurpassable in flavour. Named after Sir William Gage who imported the variety to the United Kingdom from Armenia in 1724.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, OPAL (Prunus domestica Opal). Award of Garden MeritSeason of Use: Late July Desert FruitGo to Top of Page

One of the earliest varieties. Delicious reddish-purple fruits similar in appearance to Victoria, but smaller in size. Yellow flesh has gage-like flavour. Easy to manage. Raised in Sweden in 1925. Award of Garden Merit.
Pollination: Group 1. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, OULLIN'S GOLDEN GAGE (Prunus domestica Oullin's Golden Gage). Award of Garden MeritSeason of Use: Mid Aug Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Desert FruitGo to Top of Page

Large, round sweet flavoured yellow gage with transparent flesh. Vigorous growth. Good garden variety for most of the United Kingdom. Raised in France in 1856.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, SHROPSHIRE DAMSON (Prunus insititia Shropshire Damson) (Prune). Award of Garden MeritSeason of Use: Mid-late Sept Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Go to Top of Page

Classic small oval blue-black fruit with excellent flavoured, juicy green-yellow flesh. Also known as Prune Damson. Moderate but reliable cropper. Compact habit so suitable for smaller gardens. Traditional hedgerow tree.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£14.45


PLUM, STELLA'S STAR (Plum, Hector) (Prunus domestica Stella's Star). NewSeason of Use: Early Sept Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Desert FruitGo to Top of Page

New superb variety which reliably produces heavy crops of sweet, juicy, delicious greengages from a young age. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

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 Maiden£16.45


PLUM, VICTORIA (Prunus domestica Victoria). Award of Garden MeritSeason of Use: Aug-Sept Culinary (Suitable for Cooking)Desert FruitGo to Top of Page

Popular variety with large luscious fruits, with juicy green-yellow flesh. Very heavy cropper. Found in a garden in Alderton, Sussex in 1840 and first introduced by Denyer of Brixton, London.
Supplied on St. Julien A or Pixy rootstock.

Pollination: Group 1. This plant does not require a pollinator (click here for more details).

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 Maiden
St. Julien A		£14.45
 Maiden
Pixy		£15.95


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