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