Plums for cooking
Plum varieties which are primarily used for making preserves, tarts and crumbles.
Cooking plums
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
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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 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 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
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
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
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
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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
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
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