Variety | Type | Description | Rootstocks | GRP | Picking time |
Belle de Louvain | Dessert/ Culinary | Large purple fruit, yellow flesh. Firm and sweet. | St.Julien A | C | mid August |
Warwickshire Drooper | Dessert/ Culinary | Large yellow juicy dual-purpose plum. Tree has a drooping habit. | St.Julien A | C | early September |
Merryweather Damson | Dessert/ Culinary | Large blue/black fruits for cooking or dessert. | St.Julien A | C | late September |
Pershore purple | Culinary | Purple equivalent to ‘Yellow Egg’. Pleasant as a dessert plum when ripe. Good-disease resistant, reliable and heavy cropping. |
St.Julien A | C | mid August |
Sanctus Hubertus | Dessert/ Culinary | Large purple blue oval dual-purpose plum with a bloom. | St.Julien A | C | early August |
Victoria | Dessert | Well-known plum. Pale red skin, yellowish green flesh. Self-fertile, good pollinator. Less disease-resistant than some plum varieties. Reliable heavy cropper. |
St.Julien A | C | late August |
Yellow Egg | Culinary | The variety that was most commonly grown in the Vale of Evesham, an area renowned for its plums. Large yellow fruits. Self-fertile. Hardy, reliable, heavy cropping. |
St.Julien A | C | mid August |
(Information supplied by Walcot Organic Nursery)