Prince Englebert

Very large self-fertile blue culinary plum

Origin: Belgium, 1843

Pollination: Prince Englebert is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator.Find pollination partners >

British-grown 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. More ...

Prince Englebert plum and gage trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

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:

Form	Rootstock	Price	Quantity
Maiden	VVA-1Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	AdaptabilSemi-vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Prince Englebert

Raised by Scheidweiler at Ghent, Belgium in 1843 from an open pollinated Prune d'Autriche.

Very large, oval fruit. Blue-black, bloomy skin studded with numerous russet dots. Firm yellowish flesh. Clinging stone. Quite acid and of little value as a dessert plum but an excellent culinary variety.

Upright spreading tree of moderate vigour. Good cropper.

Characteristics of Prince Englebert plum and gage trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Blue
Flavour	Acid
Fruit size	Large
Picking time
Season of use	L Aug
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	23
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Partially self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Progeny	Czar