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Kentish Bush



A heavy cropping and disease resistant cooking plum

Origin: Kent UK, 1836

Pollination: Kentish Bush is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop.  Pollination partners

British-grown British-grown fruit trees 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. Find out more ...

Kentish Bush plum and gage trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

FormRootstockPriceQuantity
MaidenVVA-1Dwarfing £39.00
MaidenAdaptabilSemi-vigorous £39.00
MaidenBromptonVery vigorous £39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Kentish Bush

Believed to have been found in a hedgerow in Bobbing near Sittingbourne, Kent, UK c 1836.

Medium sized, round squarish fruit. Blue-black bloomy skin with yellow or russety dots. Firm flesh but rather dry and mealy. Clinging stone. Not much flavour and useless as a dessert plum. Excellent as a cooker and good for jam making. The fruit hangs on the tree without derioration to the end of September.

Vigorous upright tree. Very hardy and resistant to disease. Self-fertile producing reliable heavy crops.

Characteristics of Kentish Bush plum and gage trees

UseCulinary
ColourBlue
Flavour
Fruit sizeMedium
Picking time
Season of useE Sep
Tree vigourVigorous
Tree habitUpright
Fruit-bearing
CroppingHeavy
Pollination date25
Pollination groupD
Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
PollinatorsPollination partners
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