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Fruit - Plums, Gages & Damsons
Plums, Gages and Damsons will grow well in the Irish climate and will bear well in a good summer, given fair weather in the spring for blossom and pollinating insects. Plums for eating fresh or cooking, sweet melting Gages and sharp Damsons for preserves and wine - all crop well in Ireland and are a valuable addition to any garden orchard.
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Damson Farleigh
Damson Farleigh
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Damson Farleigh Found as a wild seedling in Kent about 1820, culinary Damson Farleigh is nevertheless extremely hardy and reliable in the colder and wetter parts of Ireland. The fruit is small, oval, and blue-black with a heavy bluish bloom; the flesh is yellow, dry and firm, with a rich, tart, damson flavour, perfect for cooking and jam-making ...
Damson Langley Bullace
Damson Langley Bullace
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Damson Langley Bullace A late season, culinary damson, Prunus insititia Langley Bullace is, despite the name, a small damson rather than a bullace. The rather small, round to oblong fruit has an almost black skin with a beautiful blue bloom when ripe. The flesh is greenish and tart, with a clinging stone, and is excellent for making pies, crumbl...
Damson Merryweather
Damson Merryweather
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Damson Merryweather Raised in Nottinghamshire and introduced in 1907, culinary Damson Merryweather is well suited to cold and wet areas, and may in fact be a plum. The fruit is very large for a damson, blue-black with a light blue bloom; the flesh is greenish-yellow, juicy and firm, with a clinging stone and good damson flavour. Good for cooking...
Damson Shepherds Bullace
Damson Shepherds Bullace
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Shepherds Bullace Bullaces are very closely related to damsons, but are round instead of oval. A cultivar of the wild bullace sometimes found in hedgerows, Prunus insititia Shepherd’s Bullace is like a rounder, smaller, golden damson. A tough, reliable, thorny, disease-resistant tree with an upright habit, it’s a regular, heavy cropper. Attract...
Damson Shropshire Prune
Damson Shropshire Prune
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Damson Shropshire Prune A very old culinary variety dating back to the 17th century, Damson Shropshire Prune is probably the finest flavoured of the damsons. The fruit is small, oval, and inky blue-black with a heavy, greyish bloom; the flesh is greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, and quite sweet, with a semi-clinging stone and excellent, rich, tart, ...
Gage Cambridge Gage
Gage Cambridge Gage
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Gage Cambridge Gage A chance seedling discovered in the early 1920s in the Chivers orchards in Cambridgeshire, Gage Cambridge Gage is a reliable dual-purpose greengage which will do better in drier parts of the country. The fruit is smaller than a plum’s, round, light yellowish-green, with yellow and pink flushes, and with a definite bloom; fles...
Gage Denniston’s Superb
Gage Denniston’s Superb
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Gage Denniston’s Superb Bred in New York State in the 19th century, dessert Plum Denniston’s Superb is thought to be a true plum, but has beautiful greengage-like fruit, and is less fussy than most gages. Small, round, greenish-yellow fruit with sweet, rich, greengage flavour. Moderately vigorous, upright-spreading tree with a tendency to devel...
Gage Early Transparent Gage
Gage Early Transparent Gage
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Gage Early Transparent Gage Bred by the Rivers Nursery in Hertfordshire in the mid-19th century, dessert Gage Early Transparent Gage is easier to grow than some gages, and will succeed in colder areas if given a south-facing position. Small to medium-sized, oval, free-stone fruit, palest yellow transparent skin speckled with crimson; golden fles...
Gage Old Green Gage
Gage Old Green Gage
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Gage Old Green Gage Greengages have been grown in France since the Middle Ages, and are known there as ‘Reines Claudes’. Prunus domestica Old Green Gage has probably the best flavour of any plum. The fruits are small, round, and a rather dull green, sometimes yellowish when ripe, but the greenish-yellow flesh is melting, very juicy, with a ric...
Mirabelle de Nancy
Mirabelle de Nancy
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Mirabelle de Nancy An ancient variety thought to have been brought to France from the Middle East in the 16th century, Mirabelle Mirabelle de Nancy is the most popular mirabelle in France, where it’s used for tarts and preserves. The fruit is very small, round and a rich speckled apricot-yellow in colour; the flesh is golden-yellow, firm and swe...
Mirabelle Ruby®
Mirabelle Ruby®
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Mirabelle Ruby Mirabelles are very closely related to damsons, but the fruit is smaller, round and sweeter. Prunus insititia Mirabelle Ruby® is a vigorous small tree with a slender, very upright habit, ideal for the smaller garden. Well suited to the Irish climate, and tolerant of cold winters, it’s a regular bearer with with good disease resist...
Plum Belle de Louvain
Plum Belle de Louvain
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Plum Belle de Louvain A delicious culinary plum long grown in Belgium, Prunus domestica Belle de Louvain is particularly well adapted to northern climates. The fruit is very large, deep red maturing to deepest purple, with sweet yellow flesh, which is rather dry; this is what makes it such a good cooking plum, as pies aren’t drowned in juice. Co...
Plum Coe's Golden Drop
Plum Coe's Golden Drop
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Plum Coe’s Golden Drop A very old (1800), Suffolk-bred, late dessert plum, Prunus domestica Coe's Golden Drop has a luscious gage-like flavour derived from its Green Gage parent. The relatively large fruit is oval, pale gold freckled with red, with tender, juicy, yellow flesh and a superb flavour with a hint of apricot, perfectly balanced betwee...
Plum Czar
Plum Czar
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Plum Czar Bred in Hertfordshire in the 1870s, Plum Czar is primarily a culinary plum, but can also be eaten raw when fully ripe. Thrives even in northern areas, areas of heavy rainfall, and northern aspects. Medium-sized to large, deep purple fruit with tart, yellow-orange flesh, juicier and sweeter when fully ripe. Compact, attractive tree; re...
Plum Herman
Plum Herman
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Plum Herman One of the earliest-ripening plums, and probably the best of the early dual-purpose cultivars, Prunus domestica Herman was bred in Sweden, and is particularly well adapted to northern climates. The fruit is medium-sized and blue-black, with a non-clinging stone and yellow flesh, like that of its famous parent Czar, but with a better,...
Plum Jubilee
Plum Jubilee
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Plum Jubilee Also known as Jubileum, dual-purpose Plum Jubilee was bred in Sweden in 1985 and is well adapted to colder climates. Often seen as an improved version of Plum Victoria, though they are not near relations. Large, oval, deep red fruit turning purple when ripe, with a free stone and sweet, firm, juicy, yellow flesh with a good balance ...
Plum Marjorie's Seedling
Plum Marjorie's Seedling
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Plum Marjorie’s Seedling Found as a chance seedling at a Berkshire farm in 1912, late dual-purpose Plum Marjorie’s Seedling is widely grown commercially for all the reasons that make it a good choice for the home grower. The fruit, which can be picked as late as October, is large, with deep blue-black, bloomed skin; the flesh is greenish-yellow ...
Plum Opal
Plum Opal
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Plum Opal Bred in Sweden in 1925, Plum Opal is probably the best and most popular early dessert plum. The fruit is medium-sized, yellow mottled with purplish red, with very juicy, pale yellow flesh which is sweet when fully ripe, a free stone and excellent, gage-like flavour. Flavour is better if tree is wall-trained. The tree is vigorous, extr...
Plum Oullin's Golden Gage
Plum Oullin's Golden Gage
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Plum Oullin's Golden Gage Not a true gage but a gage-like plum, and easier to grow, dual purpose Plum Oullins Golden Gage was found as a chance seedling in Oullins, France in the mid-19th century. The fruit is large, round, and pale yellow, freckled with crimson, and with a bloom; the flesh is pale, transparent, fairly dry and and moderately swe...