Belgian Purple

An excellent dual purpose plum. Sweet with a firm texture when eaten fresh and excellent colour when cooked.

Origin: Belgium, 1853

Pollination: Belgian Purple is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Belgian Purple

Belgian Purple plum is an old Belgian variety first catalogued in 1853 and first introduced to the UK by Rivers.

Medium large, round-oblong fruit. Blue-black skin with a heavy bloom. Firm, juicy almost crisp greenish flesh. Semi-clinging stone. Sweet with good flavour as a dessert plum. Excellent colour for jam making and stewing.

Moderately vigorous tree. Fairly good cropping. There are varied reports on fertility varying from self-sterile to almost self-fertile.

Characteristics of Belgian Purple plum and gage trees

Use	Dual Cul & Des
Colour	Blue
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Large
Picking time
Season of use	L Aug
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Pollination date	19
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners