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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. 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 |
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