Damson Plum Suppliers and Manufacturers

Marjories Seedling is a late cropping dual purpose plum good for eating and cooking The large deep purple fruits have a blue bloom The flesh is a yellowgreen and quite sweet With regular heavy crops this late flowering plum is self fertile Plums are sent from November until March as bare rooted one year old trees All varieties are self fertile unless stated They need a sheltered position protected from frost Plum trees are quite hardy but they flower early in the year so if you loose the flower to frost there will not be any fruit The soil needs to be rich and moisture retentive but not waterlogged A sunny position will help the fruit to ripen and become sweet Plums do not store so pick and eat or destone and freeze Many varieties are dual purpose so as well as being delicious to just eat they can be cooked to make pies crumbles jams and chutney Prune plums in the summer after cropping unlike most other top fruit which is pruned in the winter A guide to pollination groups Most plums are self fertile so do not need a pollinating partner however they will produce a better crop if a pollinating partner is available For the few varieties that do require a pollinating partner refer to the pollination group Most fruit trees need another tree in the vicinity in flower at the same time for pollination The flowering time is given a pollination group letter A E There is some flowering overlap between adjacent letters so an apple in group B can be pollinated ideally with another from the same group but can also be pollinated from the group either side in this example group A or C A guide to rootstocks St Julien A moderate vigour reaching 45 m planting distance between trees 45m Pixy dwarfing rootstock 253m planting distance between trees 3m Brompton vigorous reaching rootstock 6m planting distance between trees 812m WURS766 semi dwarfing rootstock 3m planting distance between trees 336m PLEASE SEND YOUR INQUIRY FOR OUR BEST PRICES WHOLESALES PRICES

Blue Tit has round medium sized dark blue plums with yellow flesh They are quite juicy with good flavour for eating and cooking It is a reliable cropper and a good garden variety Plums are sent from November until March as bare rooted one year old trees All varieties are self fertile unless stated They need a sheltered position protected from frost Plum trees are quite hardy but they flower early in the year so if you loose the flower to frost there will not be any fruit The soil needs to be rich and moisture retentive but not waterlogged A sunny position will help the fruit to ripen and become sweet Plums do not store so pick and eat or destone and freeze Many varieties are dual purpose so as well as being delicious to just eat they can be cooked to make pies crumbles jams and chutney Prune plums in the summer after cropping unlike most other top fruit which is pruned in the winter

Blaisdon Red is a heavy fruiting culinary plum with a purplered skin and golden flesh which has a sharp sweet flavour The variety has good disease resistance The fruit is ready in late August and is very good for jamQW Plums are sent from November until March as bare rooted one year old trees All varieties are self fertile unless stated They need a sheltered position protected from frost Plum trees are quite hardy but they flower early in the year so if you loose the flower to frost there will not be any fruit The soil needs to be rich and moisture retentive but not waterlogged A sunny position will help the fruit to ripen and become sweet Plums do not store so pick and eat or destone and freeze Many varieties are dual purpose so as well as being delicious to just eat they can be cooked to make pies crumbles jams and chutney Prune plums in the summer after cropping unlike most other top fruit which is pruned in the winter A guide to pollination groups Most plums are self fertile so do not need a pollinating partner however they will produce a better crop if a pollinating partner is available For the few varieties that do require a pollinating partner refer to the pollination group Most fruit trees need another tree in the vicinity in flower at the same time for pollination The flowering time is given a pollination group letter A E There is some flowering overlap between adjacent letters so an apple in group B can be pollinated ideally with another from the same group but can also be pollinated from the group either side in this example group A or C A guide to rootstocks St Julien A moderate vigour reaching 45 m planting distance between trees 45m Pixy dwarfing rootstock 253m planting distance between trees 3m Brompton vigorous reaching rootstock 6m planting distance between trees 812m WURS766 semi dwarfing rootstock 3m planting distance between trees 336m PLEASE SEND YOUR INQUIRY FOR OUR BEST PRICES WHOLESALES PRICES