Purple Pershore

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

Prunus domestica

Purple Pershore plum trees for sale

• 11-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
  St. Julien rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

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• 21-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
  Brompton rootstock
  Full size size (4.5m-6m after 10 years)
  

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Next deliveries

Deliveries resume December 2020

History

The origins of Purple Pershore are uncertain. Some authorities believe it is a purple sport of Yellow Pershore - which it resembles in many ways, apart from the colour. Others believe it may be related to Rivers Early Prolific.

Purple Pershore characteristics

• Picking seasonMid
• CroppingHeavy
• Keeping1 week
• Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
• Useful forEating freshCulinary
• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
• Flowering group4
• Pollinating othersAverage
• PloidyDiploid
• VigourAverage vigour
• Bearing regularityRegular
• SilverleafSome resistance
• Disease resistanceGood
• CankerSome resistance
• Climate typeTemperate 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 colourPurple
• AwardsRHS Award of Garden Merit