Blue Tit

A self-fertile dual purpose blue-black plum with good flavour and reliable cropping

Origin: Bedfordshire UK, 1938

Pollination: Blue Tit is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Blue Tit

Raised by Laxton Bros in Bedford, UK from a cross between Czar and Greengage. Introduced in 1938.

Medium sized, round-oblong fruit. Blue-black bloomy skin. Regarded mainly as a culinary variety but its juicy sweet flesh and slightly tart skin make it a good dessert variety.

Produces a compact bushy tree. Self fertile and a reliable good cropper.

Characteristics of Blue Tit plum and gage trees

Use	Dual Cul & Des
Colour	Blue
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time
Season of use	M Aug
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	23
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Czar Old Greengage