Cooking plum trees

While all plums can be used for cooking there are varieties which are particularly suitable for various culinary uses. These include acid varieties which are good for jam making and varieties which are very firm fleshed and can be used for tarts or drying. Click here for a guide to choosing plum and gage trees.

1Czar
Pre-order from May
One of the most popular cooking plums. Excellent colour and flavour.
2Diamond
Pre-order from May
An excellent culinary plum with a sharp damson like flavour
3Purple Pershore
Pre-order from May
One of the best culinary plums. Excellent for jam and stewing.
4Quetsche d'Alsace
Pre-order from May
The best known of a group of very popular European plums known as Quesche in France and Zwetschen in Germany.
5Rivers Early Prolific
Pre-order from May
A good dual purpose plum which lives up to its name by being both early and very prolific.
6Yellow Pershore
Graft to order
One of the best and most popular traditional English cooking plums