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• Eating plums21
• Plums for cooking9

Dual-purpose plums

These versatile plum varieties are good for eating fresh but equally good in the kitchen.

• Dual-purpose plums

  Avalon

  

  Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2
• Dual-purpose plums

  Cambridge Gage

  

  Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• Dual-purpose plums

  Denbigh

  A large red plum with an excellent for eating fresh and also good in the kitchen.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• Dual-purpose plums

  Denniston's Superb

  

  Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United States
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2
• Dual-purpose plums

  Early Transparent Gage

  

  One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.

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

  Edda

  

  A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Country of origin: Norway
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2
• Dual-purpose plums

  Herman

  

  Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Country of origin: Sweden
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2
• Dual-purpose plums

  Kirke's Blue

  

  An old-fashioned blue plum with a rich sweet flavour.

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

  Dual-purpose plums

  Marjorie's Seedling

  

  Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.

  34.00€buy

  • Picking season: Late
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• In stock

  Dual-purpose plums

  Old Green Gage

  

  The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.

  33.45€buy

  • Picking season: Late
  • Country of origin: France
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• In stock

  Dual-purpose plums

  Reeves

  A high-quality English dual-purpose plum, similar to Victoria but with an improved flavour for eating fresh.

  34.00€buy

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: Canada
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• Dual-purpose plums

  Thames Cross

  

  Thames Cross is a versatile dual-purpose plum, related to Coe's Golden Drop.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
• In stock

  Dual-purpose 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.

  From 33.45€ to 33.45€buy

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

  Warwickshire Drooper

  

  Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.

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