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Organic Fruit Tree Range

We have a wide range of organically raised fruit trees, suitable for garden planting. Each variety is available with a range of root stocks.
For information about root stocks, click here.

Availability

The trees are delivered from November to late March, bare-rooted direct from the nursery. numbers are limited, so as the season progresses, some varieties may not be available. Please check our on-line shop for availability and ordering.

For information on tree root stock types, click here.

Varieties:

Eating/Dessert Apples Cooking/Culinary Apples
Quinces Plums & Damsons

Dessert Apples

All available as 'maidens' bare rooted when dormant. 'Maidens' are one year trees 1m - 2m tall depending on the variety. Again depending on the variety they may or may not have branching.

Pollination

Apples require a pollination partner. Each variety has a flowering period between A - early and E - late. A variety can be pollinated by another of the same flowering group or one to either side. For more information on pollination, click here.

Adams Pearmain
Well-flavoured apple - nutty, aromatic. Keeps well. A trouble free variety with golden yellow skin largely covered crimson red.
Pollination Group: B
Picking Time: October
Sorage until : March
History: Early 1800s Herefs
Order with:
Rootstocks: MM106, M26
Ashmeads Kernel
A yellowish-green apple with brown russet. Yellow flesh with crisp acid flavour. Good disease resistance and keeping qualities.
Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: Mid October
Storage until : February
History: Gloucestershire around 1700
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
Blenheim Orange
An old favourite. Golden coloured striped dull red with a brown russet. Good mildew resistance.
Pollination Group: C.
A triploid variety so will not pass on pollen.
Picking Time: Early October
Storage until : January
History: From Oxfordshire, first recognised about 1840

Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26

 Cevaal

Cevaal
Cox-like apple with good flavour. Consistently high yielding. Yellow skin flushed red. Very good for organic growing. Crops early in its life. One of five recommended apples to come from a recently completed five year organic trial.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Late September
Storage until : November
Feathered or unfeathered: feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: From Holland, a modern variety, a more highly coloured sport of Alkmene.

Order now with Rootstock: MM106, M9

 

Charles Ross
Good-looking large dual-purpose apple. Yellow green flushed orange red. Sweet- flavoured eater that bakes well.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Mid Sept.
Storage until : December
History: Berks. late 1800s
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
 Court Pendu Plat Apple Court Pendu Plat
Skin green yellow flushed orange red. Apples round in shape, distinctly flattened top and bottom. Rich pineapple-like acidity. Slower growing hence on vigorous rootstock. Late flowering so useful on sites prone to late frosts.
Pollination Group: E
Picking Time: Mid October
Storage Until : March
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes but only available on too vigorous rootstock.
Feathered or unfeathered: unfeathered.
History: A very old variety dating back at least to the 17th century.
Order now with Rootstock: M25
 Coxs Orange Pippin

Cox's Orange Pippin
The most popular eating apple. Golden flushed orange red with patches of brown russet. Very good flavour. Requires good soil and attention.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: October
Storage until: January
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
Order now with Rootstock: MM106
 D'Arcy Spice apple D'Arcy Spice
A sweet yet acid taste. Flesh is white with a hint of green. Gains a spicy flavour in hot dry summers. Skin yellow-green with some brown flushing. A variable amount of fine russet. A fine keeper that does not lose its flavour. Produce small 'maiden' trees off the nursery, about 3ft tall.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Late October
Storage until: April
Feathered or unfeathered: unfeathered.
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: An old variety arising in 1785 in Essex.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106
Discovery
Very good early eater, crisp juicy and sweet. Almost all covered bright crimson. Disease- resistant and suitable for colder areas.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: August
Storage until: does not keep.
History: 1949 in Essex.
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
Egremont Russet
Deservedly popular russet. Golden skin with large areas of brown russet. Crisp flavour, nutty and sweet. A trouble-free variety.
Pollination Group: B
Picking Time: Late September
Storage until: December
History: Originated in 1872
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26, M25
 Ellisons Orange Ellison's Orange
Green yellow skin flushed over red. Scab resistant. Juicy fruits with a hint of aniseed. Hardy, good for the north east.
Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: September
Storage until: October
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: From Lincolnshire, first known in 1904.
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
 Fiesta

Fiesta
Also known as 'Red Pippin', skin much flushed bright red. Good croppingFruit sweet and juicy with balancing acidity. Suitable for colder areas.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Storage: until: January
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: a modern variety arising in 1972 in Kent.
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
Fortune
A good garden variety of compact habit. Medium sized round apples largely coloured bright red. Sweet, juicy with acidity. Suitable for the north and west.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Storage until: January
History: From Bedford in 1904
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106
 Gladstone apple

Gladstone
A very early dessert apple best eaten off the tree. Very good flavour, sweet and juicy. Surface almost all covered deep or brick red. Round conical in shape with rounded ribs.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: early August
Stores until: does not keep
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
History: introduced in 1868, named after after the then Prime Minister. Raised in Worcestershire.
Order now with Rootstock: M25
 Greensleeves

Greensleeves
Golden Delicious type apple. Skin pale green, some russeting. Fruits crunchy and sweet when eaten fresh. Good cropping variety, early into bearing.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Mid September
Storage until: October
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: Raised at East Malling Research Station, Kent in 1966.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106
 Herefordshire Russet

Hereforshire RussettA new Russet variety. Small/medium sized apples with a rich cox like flavour. Trouble free variety that yields well.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Late September
Storage until: January
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier :
History: Has only been available for a couple of years
Order now with Rootstock: MM106
James Grieve
Well known Scottish variety. Medium-large yellow fruit striped with orange. Excellent flavour, sweet with an acid balance. Hardy. Good pollinator.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: September
Storage until: October
Hardy. Good pollinator.
History: Edinburgh 1893
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106
 Katy

Katy
An early apple producing good regular yields of bright conical red fruits. Refreshing taste with slight acidity.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: September
Storage until: October
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: Bred in Sweden and introduced in 1947
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26 (2 years old)
 Kidd's Red Orange

Kidd's Orange Red
Mid season dessert apple of excellent flavour, sweet and aromatic. Medium sized apples crimson flushed with small areas of russet.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Early October
Storage until: January
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: Introduced from New Zealand in 1932
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
Laxton's Superb
Largely purple red skin over greenish-yellow base. Cox like flavour. Hardy.
Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: Early October
Storage until: January
History: bred a cox parent in late 19th century in Bedford
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106

Lord Lambourne
A regular heavy cropping apple. Flushed and striped red over green yellow base. Sweet & juicy. Compact grower, good for small gardens.

Pollination Group: B
Picking Time: September
Storage until: November
History: raised by Laxton's of Bedford in 1907.
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
 Madresfield Court

Madresfield Court
Produces quite large tall red flushed nicely flavored apples.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Storage until: December
History: from Worcestershire dating back to 1915.
Order now with Rootstock: M26
 Pitmaston Pineapple

Pitmaston Pineapple
Small golden apples with a fine russert. Sweet yet sharp. Honeyed flavour and nicely scented. A neglected variety because of the apples small size.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Early October
Storage until: December
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: An old Worcestershire variety dating back to 1785
Order now with Rootstock: MM106
 Pixie

Pixie
Small round flat apples. Excellent taste, sweet but refreshing, crisp and juicy. Skin yellow flushed with orange red.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: mid October
Storage until: March
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: Introduced by Wisley in 1947. Parentage uncertain but may have been a seedling of either Cox or Sunset.
Order now with Rootstock MM106
 Topaz

Topaz

A disease resistant variety from Czech Republic. Medium sized apples red striped over yellow orange background. Taste sweet with acidity, juicy firm flesh.
 Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Keeps until: March
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: from Czech Republic. 1984.
 Order now with Rootstock MM106
 Rajka

Rajka
Medium sized attractive smooth bright red apples. Yellowish firm but juicy flesh of excellent flavour. Regular cropping and disease reistant. One of five varieties of dessert apples recommended from a recently completed five year extensive trialling for growing organically.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Late September
Storage until: January
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: from Czech Republic, first introduced 1983
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26,
 Red Devil

Red Devil
Bright red apples with pinkish flesh. Fruity, strawberry flavour. Good disease resistance suitable for most areas of the UK.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: Late September
Storage until: December
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: bred in Kent in 1979
Order now with Rootstock: MM106
 Red Falstaff Apple

Red Falstaff
A red sport of Falstaff. Good flavoured green fruits largely covered bright red. Heavy yielding, disease-resistant and a good pollinator. Excellent flavoured fruits.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: October
Storage until: March
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: From East Malling Research Station, Kent in 1965
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26 (2 years)
 Resi

Resi
A variety bred for disease resistance. In the recently completed extensive five year project this apple was one of five selected for its ease of growing organically and excellent eating qualities.
Medium sized flat round smooth apples. Skin mostly red over yellow base colour. Good flavour, quite sweet with acid balance.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Storage until: January
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: From a commercial breeding programme in 1990s in Germany.
Order now with Rootstock: M26
 Ribson Pippin

Ribson Pippin

Produces medium to large apples, largely covered brownish orange with broad red stripes. Nice flavour, sweet with acidity. High vitamin C content. Good for growing in most parts of the UK.

Pollination Group: B. Also a triploid variety so will not pollinate others.
Picking Time: early October
Storage until: December
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes, but is vigorous
History: originally from Yorkshire in the 18th century
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 Rosemary Russett

Rosemary Russett
A good russet with a sweet yet sour flavour. Juicy. Skin green/yellow striped orange, partly covered with russet.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Storage until: March
Feathered or unfeathered : few feathers
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes, but cut back by one third after planting to encourage branching.
History: dates back to 1831 from Middlesex.
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
 Rubinola Apple

Rubinola
A commercial variety with very good disease resistance. In the recently completed extensive five year project this apple was one of five selected for its ease of growing organically and excellent eating qualities. Apples spherically shaped largely flushed faded red. Of very good flavour, sweet acid aromatic flavour. Vigorous grower hence offered on dwarfing M9 rootstock.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid September
Storage until: December

History: bred in Czech Republic in 1980.
Order now with Rootstock: M26, M9
Saturn
A new disease reistant variety. Regular crops of conical apples flushed red. Juicy flesh, sweet with some acidity.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Storage until: January
History: 1980, East Malling Research Station, Kent
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106
 Scotch Bridget

Scotch Bridget
A dual purpose variety producing large conical apples with prominent ribbing. Yellow green skin flushed bright red on its sunny side. Flesh cream, rich and crisp. Suitable for most areas.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: early October
Storage until: December
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier :
History: dates back to 1851 in Scotland.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106 (2 years old)
 Spartan

Spartan

Smooth-skinned dark red apple with white juicy flesh. Trouble free-variety and good pollinator.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: early October
Storage until: January
Feathered or unfeathered : some feathers
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: from Canada in 1926
Order now with Rootstock: MM106, M26
Sunset
Similar to Cox but more disease resistant. Heavy regular crops of smallish apples with golden skin striped red. Very good garden apple suitable for most areas of the UK.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Storage until: December
History: arose from a pip of Cox's Orange. Kent, 1918
Order now with Rootstocks: MM106, M26
 Tydemans Early Worcester

Tydeman's Early Worcester

Early round apple coloured mostly crimson red. Richly flavoured, juicy, with slight acidity. Produces a spreading tree.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid August
Storage until: mid September
Feathered or unfeathered : few feathers
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes, but cut back by one third after planting to encourage branching.
History: produced by East malling Research Station, Kent in 1929.
Order now with rootstock: MM106
 William Crump apple

William Crump
A high quality medium to large apple. Skin brown-crimson flushed over yellow. Crisp and juicy with a nice balance of sweetness and acidity. A vigorous variety.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: mid October
Storage until: February
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : Too vigourous for most situations.
History: a Worcestershire variety dating back to 1908.
Order now with Rootsock: M25, M9
 Winston

Winston
A late apple with green yellow skin flushed red. Good resistance to disease. Excellent keeper. Partly self-fertile. Reliable cropper, suitable for most areas of the UK.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: mid October
Storage until: April
Feathered or unfeathered : some feathers
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: dates back to 1920 and a cross between Cox 's Orange and Worcester Pearmain.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106, M26
 Wheelers Russett

Wheeler's Russet
Produces apples covered with a yellow grey russet turning reddish where exposed to the sun. White, juicy flesh with sweet, vinous, aromatic flavour.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: late October
Stores until: March
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier :
History: very old variety dating back to 1700s from Gloucestershire (or London?)
Order now with Rootsock: M25
Worcester Pearmain
Fruit almost completely flushed brilliant red. Sweet with a strawberry flavour. Inclined to tip bearing. Reliable cropper, allow fruit to fully ripen on tree
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: early September
Sorage until: October
History: from Worcestershire, obviously!, 1874.
Order now with Rootstocks: M9M25
 Wyken Pippin

Wyken Pippin
A very old variety. Popular in the 1800s. Smooth green-yellow skin with fine russet dots. Juicy sweet and richly flavoured.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid October
Storage until: January
Feathered or unfeathered : few feathers
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: raised first around 1700, Warwickshire.
Order now with Rootstock: M25
 Yellow Ingestrie

Yellow Ingestrie

Produces decorative small yellow apples. Well flavoured juicy crisp yellow flesh. Tree develops a distinctive drooping habit. Was much grown in Kent for the London market.

Pollination Group: B
Picking Time: early September
Storage until: October
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : too vigorous rootstock
History: originated in Shropshire in 1800.
Order now with Rootstock: M25

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Cooking/Culinary Apples

All available as 'maidens' bare rooted when dormant. 'Maidens' are one year trees 1m - 2m tall depending on the variety. Again depending on the variety they may or may not have branching.

Apples require a pollination partner. Each variety has a flowering period between A - early and E - late. A variety can be pollinated by another of the same flowering group or one to either side.

 Annie Elizabeth

Annie Elizabeth

Large red and green apple. Moderately acid. Cooks to a pale greenish yellow fluff. Spur bearer. Excellent keeper.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: mid October
Storage until: May
Feathered or unfeathered : unfeathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes, but cut back by one third to encourage branching.
History: first arose in 1857. Named after two daughters of a leicestershire nurseryman.
Order with Rootstock: MM106
 Bountiful

Bountiful
a good alternative to Bramley. Skin pale green striped with orange red. A trouble free variety and heavy cropper. Good for small gardens.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late September
Storage until: January
Feathered or unfeathered : some feathering
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: a relatively recent introduction from East Malling Research Station, Kent. Introduced 1964.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106
Bramley apple Bramley
Most well known cooker. Large flat round apples with bright green skin becoming yellow green and greasy on maturity. A vigorous grower, so consider dwarfing rootstocks for restricted areas.
Pollination Group: C. A triploid variety so will not pollinate other varieties.
Picking Time: mid October
Storage until: March
History: arose from a seed of unknown origin in early 1800s. Original tree in Southwell, Notts still growing.
Rootstock MM106, M26, M9
 Bramley Clone 20

Bramley Clone 20
Same as Bramley but at least 20% less vigour and a little higher yielding.

Pollination Group: C. A triploid variety so will not pollinate other trees.
Picking Time: mid October
Storage until: March
Feathered or unfeathered : unfeathered

Order now with Rootstock: MM106

 Catshead apple Catshead
A distinctly angular and somewhat ugly apple. Fruits are coarse-textured and rather dry with a subacid flavour.

Picking time: Octobrer
Storage until: January
History: Originated in England and known in the 1600s.

Order now with Rootstock M25
 Early Victoria

EarlyVictoria
Very good early cooker. Yellowish green smooth skin. Excellent flavour, sweet but sharp when cooked. Cropping heavy. Disease resistant and good for most areas of the UK.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: early August
Storage until: does not keep
Feathered or unfeathered : feathered
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: first came to notice 1899 in Cambridgeshire. First known as Emneth Early and can still be found under this name.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106, M26 (both 2 years)
Edward VII
Late flowering, hardy variety, scab resistant. Good for cold frosty areas. Fruit sharp with a nice flavour. Large round / flat round apples with yellow green skin and pinkish brown flush. Moderate cropping.
Pollination Group: E
Picking Time: mid October
Storage until: April
History: first recorded in 1902 in Worcestershire.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106,
Grenadier
Very good early cooker. Large yellow green apples, hardy and scab resistant.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid August
Storage until: October
History: Kent in 1862.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106

Howgate Wonder
A large yellow green round/conical apple, with distinct rounded ribs. Skin flushed orange-brown over yellow-green background. Cooks to a fluff, tangy and somewhat honey flavoured. Acceptable as an eating apple. Vigorous grower, hardy and scab resistant,suitable for most areas of the UK.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: early October
Storage until: March
History: Isle of Wight in 1915.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106, M26
 Lord Derby

Lord Derby
A mid season apple. Round conical to oblong conical shape with distinct angular ribs. Skin bright green, smooth and dry. Sub acid of good flavour when cooked. Cook early for a sharp taste. A hardy variety and good for most parts of the UK.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: late September
Storage until: December
Feathered or unfeathered : some feathering
Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes
History: first arose in Cheshire in 1862.
Order now with Rootstock: MM106
 Rev Wilks

Rev W. Wilks
Produces very large apples with a conical shape. Skin pale green-yellow with red striping. Apples sub acid and cook to a yellow froth. A compact grower, suitable for smaller gardens. Good disease resistance.

Pollination Group: B
Picking Time: early September
Storage until: October
Feathered or unfeathered : few feathers
Suitablity for cordon & espalier :
History: first recorded in 1904. Rev W Wilks was a Vicar from Shirley, Surrey. A keen horticulturalist he was secretary of the RHS between 1888 and 1919.
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Quince - an introduction

All available as 'maidens' bare rooted when dormant. 'Maidens' are one year trees about 2m tall with some side branching. Quinces are self fertile. Available on moderate vigour Quince A rootstock.

Quinces are worth a place in the garden not just for their pear shaped fruit but also for their showy white flushed pink flowers in ther spring.

Allow fruits to ripen on the tree before picking. Quinces have a strong aroma so store away from other fruits.

All root stocks QA

Meeches Prolific
Large fruits that ripen yellow. Self fertile.


Picking Time: October
Storage until: December
History: USA, 1880

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 Portugal

Portugal
More vigorous than other quinces. Enjoys a sheltered position. Quinces milder flavoured than other quinces. Flesh turns red on cooking - good for marmalades. Self fertile.

Description:
Picking Time: October
Storage until: December
History: Serbia, 1800

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Plums - an introduction

All available as 'maidens' bare rooted when dormant. 'Maidens' are one year trees and in the case of plums and damsons can be well over 2m tall. Depending on the variety they may or may not have branching.

Some plums require a pollination partner others are self fertile. The self fertile varieties are good pollinators of other plums & damsons. Each variety has a flowering period between A - early and E - late. A variety can be pollinated by another of the same flowering group or one to either side.

All Rootstocks St Julien A

 Belle de Louvin

Belle de Louvain
large red purple bloomy fruits. Yellow flesh. Nice cooked flavour. Makes a large upright tree. Reliable and heavy cropping.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid August.
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 Blue Tit

Blue Tit

Produces round medium sized blue plums with a light blue bloom. Yellow flesh, quite juicy of good flavour. Reliable cropper and self fertile. A good garden variety.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: mid August
History: introduced by Laxton Brothers, Bedford 1938.
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 Cambridge Gage

Cambridge Gage
A very nice flavored gage, Round fruits with yellow green skin and flesh. Sweet and juicy. Partially self fertile.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: mid to late August
History: a seedling of Old Greengage dating back to 1920s. Used to be much grown in the county of its name. Order now

 Count Althan's Gage

Count Althan's gage

A reliably cropping gage of moderate vigour. Large round dark red fruits with golden yellow flesh. Juicy quite sweet with a good flavour. Requires pollination.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: mid August
History: first originated in 1850s in Czech Republic. Order now
Czar
Dark purple skinned fruits with yellow flesh. Very good as a dessert plum when ripe. Upright growth with frost resistance.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: early August
History: introduced by Rivers, Herts in 1875. Named in honour of the Tsar of Russia's visit in 1874.Order now

Early Prolific
One of the earliest plums. Very good as a dessert plum when ripe. Otherwise a good plum for cooking and making jam

 

Pollination Group: D Requires a pollinator.
Picking Time: mid to early July
History: by Rivers Nurseries, Herts about 1820. Also known as Rivers Early Prolific & Early Rivers. Order now
Marjories Seeding
Latest cropping plum with large deep purple fruits with a blue bloom. Regular cropper. can be cooked or eaten. Self fertile.
Pollination Group: E
Picking Time: mid September
History: a chance seedling in 1912. Originally from Berkshire and introduced in 1928. Order now
 Opal

Opal
A medium sized reddish purple dessert plum of very good flavour. An early alternative to Victoria. A reliable self fertile variety.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late July to early August
History: raised in Sweden in 1925 and introduced into the UK in 1952. Order now
 Ouillins gage

Ouillins Gage
Large round gage type plum. greenish yellow skin with similar coloured flesh. Juicy with a pleasant flavour. Quite vigorous. self fertile and a good pollinator.

Pollination Group: D
Picking Time: early August
History: thought to be from Oullins near Lyon, France. Received by Rivers Nurseries in 1856. Order now
 Purple Pershore

Purple Pershore
Heavy cropping culinary plum. Medium sized reddish purple plums, often lop sided with a neck towards the stalk. Self fertile. Used to be grown widely in the Vale of Evesham.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid August
History: arose in 1877 near Pershore, Worcs. Order now
Sanctus Hubertus Sanctus Hubertus
Good quality early dessert plum. Medium sized, round/oval shape, dark red skin with a thick blue bloom. Yellow flesh with a good rich flavour. Requires pollination.
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late July
History: Introduction from Belgium. 1966 Order now
 Victoria

Victoria
Most well-known plum. Dual purpose - well flavoured when ripe and very good for cooking & preserving. Pale red skin, yellowish green flesh, oval shape. Self-fertile, good pollinator. Less disease-resistant than some plum varieties. Reliable heavy cropper.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: late August
History: found in a Sussex garden and introduced in 1840. The main commercial variety in the UK and grown much in other countries as well. Order now
Warwickshire Drooper
Large yellow fruits speckled red. Yellow juicy flesh. Dual-purpose plum. Tree has a drooping habit. Vigorous.
Pollination Group: c
Picking Time: early September
History: an old variety much grown in the West Midlands. Order Now
 Yellow Egg

Yellow Egg
A 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.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid August
History: found near Pershore, Worcs in 1827. Order now

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Damsons - an introduction

All available as 'maidens' bare rooted when dormant. 'Maidens' are one year trees and in the case of plums and damsons can be well over 2m tall. Depending on the variety they may or may not have branching.

The Damsons are self fertile and are good pollinators of other plums & damsons. Each variety has a flowering period between A - early and E - late. A variety can be pollinated by another of the same flowering group or one to either side.

All Rootstocks St Julien A

Farleigh
A Damson producing small oval blue black fruits with a heavy blue bloom. Hardy, good for northern districts. Self fertile. Heavy and regular crops
Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid September
History: a chance seedling from Farleigh, Kent around 1880  Order Now
 Merryweather damson

Merryweather
Damson producing blue/black plum like fruits with a bloom. Flesh green yellow and quite sweet when ripe. Vigorous spreading tree. A good cropper which bears early in its life.

Pollination Group: C
Picking Time: mid September
History: raised by Merryweather's Nurseries in Notts and introduced in 1907. Order now

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