Early Orleans

An excellent red culinary plum and a reasonable dessert plum

Origin: France, 1600

Pollination: Early Orleans is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator. Pollination partners

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History and description of Early Orleans

Exact origins not known. Probably of French origin but known in the UK since the 17th Century.

Medium sized, round-oval fruit. Dark red skin with a thick purple bloom and small russet dots on the surface. Firm yellow juicy flesh. Sweet with pleasant flavour. Stone free. Excellent cooking plum and reasonable as a dessert plum.

Small tree with irregular cropping heavy in some years and light in others.

Characteristics of Early Orleans plum and gage trees

Use	Dual Cul & Des
Colour	Red
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time
Season of use	Aug
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Erratic
Pollination date	21
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Partially self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Progeny	Langley Bullace