Merryweather

• Picking season: Mid
• Self-fertility: Self-fertile

Although a damson, Merryweather is in some ways more like a small plum. The fruit can be eaten fresh if left to hang on the tree, but damsons really come into their own for culinary use, where they can subsitute for plums yet have a distinctive rich flavor.

Prunus insititia

Merryweather damson trees for sale

• 11-year maiden bare-root tree 24.95€
  VVA-1 rootstock
  Medium size (2.5m-3m after 10 years)
  

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• 21-year maiden bare-root tree 24.95€
  Wavit rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

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• 31-year maiden bare-root tree 24.95€
  St. Julien rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

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• 41-year maiden bare-root tree 24.95€
  Brompton rootstock
  Full size size (4.5m-6m after 10 years)
  

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Next deliveries

Deliveries resume December 2020

How to grow

Merryweather is a large vigorous tree, which tends to be spreading rather than vertical in its growth like most damsons. It is also more precocious than other damsons, and you may get a crop from trees which are 3-4 years old.

Like most damsons, Merryweather tolerates wet and cold situations and is resistant to silverleaf.

History

UK, but origins unknown.

Merryweather characteristics

• Picking seasonMid
• CroppingHeavy
• Keeping1 week
• Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
• Useful forCulinary
• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• VigourVigorous
• Bearing regularityRegular
• SilverleafVery resistant
• Disease resistanceGood
• Climate typeTemperate climatesMild damp climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1900 - 1949
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourBlue - dark