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Victoria
The best known and most popular of English plums.
Origin: Sussex UK, 1840
Pollination: Victoria is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing 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 Victoria
The original seedling of Victoria plum was found in a garden at Alderton, Sussex. It was bought by Denyer a nurseryman at Brixton in London who introduced the variety c 1840. Awarded a First Class Certificate by the RHS in 1973. It is the most widely grown commercial variety in the UK.Medium large, oval fruit. Pinkish red skin when ripe with a pale blue bloom. Yellow, grainy, firm juicy flesh. Quite sweet but with some acidity. A very popular dessert variety . Even better as a culinary plum producing a lovely pink syrup and an almond aroma when cooked.
Moderately vigorous tree producing long spreading branches. Self-fertile. Heavy cropper sometimes producing crops which are too heavy and result in small fruit or broken branches. Susceptible to both Silver Leaf and bacterial canker.
Characteristics of Victoria plum and gage trees
| Use | Dual Cul & Des |
| Colour | Red |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | |
| Season of use | L Aug |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Disease resistance | Bacterial Canker - Very susceptible Silver Leaf - Very susceptible |
| Suitable for | Late Frost Northern Britain |
| Pollination date | 21 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-fertile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Progeny | Laxton's Cropper Laxton's Gage Mann's No 1 Merton Gem |
| Sports | Grove's Late Victoria |
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