Olympia

A heavy cropping dual purpose plum

Origin: Bedfordshire UK, 1904

Pollination: Olympia is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.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, and have Defra plant-passport labels. More ...

Olympia plum and gage trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2027

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 2028. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Olympia

Raised by Laxton Bros 1904 from a cross between Curlew and Rivers Early Prolific. Received Award of Merit from the RHS in 1933.

Medium large, oval fruit. Blue-black bloomy skin. Firm, juicy, yellow flesh. Clinging stone. Distinctive sweet flavour. Fair dessert plum but better as a cooker.

A fairly vigorous, spreading tree. Hardy and heavy cropping.

Characteristics of Olympia plum and gage trees

Use	Dual Cul & Des
Colour	Blue
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time
Season of use	Sep
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Heavy
Suitable for	Hardy
Pollination date	15
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Curlew Rivers Early Prolific