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Kirke's
Considered as one of the finest flavoured dessert plums.
Origin: London UK, 1831
Pollination: Kirke's is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. 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 Kirke's
Raised by Joseph Kirke at his nursery on Brompton Road, London sometime prior to 1831.Medium sized, round oval fruit. Blue-black skin with a blue bloom. Greenish yellow juicy flesh. Free stone. Its very pleasant sweet flavour make it one of the choicest of dessert plums. Good also for drying.
Small spreading tree. Best grown in sheltered positions. Ideal for training on a south facing wall. Light cropper.
Characteristics of Kirke's plum and gage trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Blue |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | |
| Season of use | L Aug |
| Tree vigour | Small |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | |
| Cropping | Light |
| Suitable for | Late Frost Shade |
| Special features | Good for Drying |
| Pollination date | 23 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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