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Autumn Compote



A late season red cooking plum

Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1840

Pollination: Autumn Compote is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.  Pollination partners

Autumn Compote apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2024

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
MaidenAdaptabilSemi-vigorous £39.00
MaidenBromptonVery vigorous £39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Autumn Compote

Raised at the Rivers' Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, UK from an open pollinated Cooper's Large. Introduced c 1840.

Medium- large, oval, red plum mainly for culinary use.

Characteristics of Autumn Compote apple trees

UseCulinary
ColourRed
FlavourSharp
Fruit sizeMedium
Picking time
Season of useM Sep
Tree vigour
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Pollination date21
Pollination groupC
Self-fertilitySelf-sterile
PollinatorsPollination partners
ProgenyAriel
Monarch Plum