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Early Favourite
A small early purple dual purpose plum with good flavour and cropping
Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1820
Pollination: Early Favourite is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator. 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.
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History and description of Early Favourite
Raised from an open pollinated Precoce de Tours by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, UK in 1820 and introduced c 1834.Small, round-oval fruit. Blue-black skin with bloom. Tender, juicy, green flesh. Sweet with good flavour. Can be used as both a dessert and culinary plum.
Vigorous tree which crops well.
Characteristics of Early Favourite plum and gage trees
| Use | Dual Cul & Des |
| Colour | Blue |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Small |
| Picking time | |
| Season of use | L July |
| Tree vigour | Vigorous |
| Tree habit | |
| Fruit-bearing | |
| Cropping | Good |
| Pollination date | 21 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Partially self-fertile |
| Incompatibility group | 0 |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Progeny | Opal |
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