• See also:
• Eating plums21
• Dual-purpose plums14

Plums for cooking

Plum varieties which are primarily used for making preserves, tarts and crumbles.

• Cooking plums

  Belle de Louvain

  

  Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: Belgium
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• Cooking plums

  Blaisdon Red

  A popular red-purple plum, which produces a bright red plum jam.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• Cooking plums

  Czar

  

  Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• Cooking plums

  Hauszwetsche German Prune

  

  Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Country of origin: Germany
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4
• Cooking plums

  Kea

  The Kea plum comes from the area around Kea in Cornwall, in south-west England.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• Cooking plums

  Purple Pershore

  

  Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4
• Cooking plums

  Rivers' Early Prolific

  

  Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2
• Cooking plums

  Victoria

  

  Victoria is the classic English plum - attractive fruit, good for eating, and outstanding flavour for cooking. It's also easy to grow and very productive.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• Cooking plums

  Yellow Pershore

  

  Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4