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Czar
One of the most popular cooking plums. Excellent colour and flavour.
Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1871
Pollination: Czar is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop. Pollination partners
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All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Czar
Czar plum was raised from a cross between Prince Englebert and Rivers Early Prolific by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, UK in 1871. As the Russian Emperor was on a visit to the UK at the time the variety was named Czar in his honour. It became an established commercial variety in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.Medium sized, oval-oblong fruit. Blue-black bloomy skin. Tender yellowish green flesh. Pleasant sharp flavour. Usually considered as a cooking plum but sweet enough when ripe to make a good dessert plum. Stone is small and free. Can be tough skinned.
Compact hardy tree suitable for most parts of the UK and areas subject to spring frosts. It is also suitable for locations with heavy and acid soils.It tollerates shade and can be grown on a North facing wall. Heavy reliable cropping. Large attractive blossom. Susceptible to Silver Leaf.
Characteristics of Czar plum and gage trees
| Use | Culinary |
| Colour | Blue |
| Flavour | Sharp |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | |
| Season of use | E Aug |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | |
| Fruit-bearing | |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Disease resistance | Silver Leaf - Susceptible Bacterial Canker - Slightly resistant |
| Suitable for | Late Frost Northern Britain Shade |
| Pollination date | 22 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-fertile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Prince Englebert Rivers Early Prolific |
| Progeny | Blue Tit Herman |
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