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  4. Dessert plums

Dessert plums

These are the best plums for eating fresh off the tree.

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    Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 2
    • Country of origin: United Kingdom

  • Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: United Kingdom
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    Coe's Golden Drop is a large oval gage from the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour.
    • Picking season: Very late
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 2
    • Country of origin: United Kingdom
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    Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 2
    • Country of origin: United Kingdom

  • This late-season green plum originates from Scotland and has an excellent sweet flavour.
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    Guinevere is a modern late-season dessert plum, with a good flavour.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: United Kingdom
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    Haganta is a new large blue plum from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: Germany
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    Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 2
    • Country of origin: United States

  • Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: Sweden
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    Katinka is an excellent early season eating plum.

  • Lindsey Gage is a sweet-flavoured green gage, similar to Cambridge Gage.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: United Kingdom

  • An attractive new early-season dessert plum from Sweden, with large fruits and good cold-hardiness.
    • Picking season: Early
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: France
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    The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: France
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    Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
    • Picking season: Early
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: Sweden

  • A large red plum, excellent for eating fresh and also good in the kitchen/

  • The most widely-grown green gage, Reine Claude de Bavay has the distinctive gage-like flavour.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: Belgium

  • A high-quality yellow-green gage, and usually more productive than other green gages.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: France
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    A traditional French gage first recorded in the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour. Also known as Purple Gage.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: France

  • Seneca is a high-quality late-season large American plum with a notably sweet flavor.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Country of origin: United States
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    A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
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    A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.