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Kentish Bush



A heavy cropping and disease resistant cooking plum

Origin: Kent UK, 1836

Pollination: Kentish Bush is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop.  Pollination partners

Kentish Bush plum and gage trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2024

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

FormRootstockPriceQuantity
MaidenAdaptabilSemi-vigorous £39.00
MaidenBromptonVery vigorous £39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Kentish Bush

Believed to have been found in a hedgerow in Bobbing near Sittingbourne, Kent, UK c 1836.

Medium sized, round squarish fruit. Blue-black bloomy skin with yellow or russety dots. Firm flesh but rather dry and mealy. Clinging stone. Not much flavour and useless as a dessert plum. Excellent as a cooker and good for jam making. The fruit hangs on the tree without derioration to the end of September.

Vigorous upright tree. Very hardy and resistant to disease. Self-fertile producing reliable heavy crops.

Characteristics of Kentish Bush plum and gage trees

UseCulinary
ColourBlue
Flavour
Fruit sizeMedium
Picking time
Season of useE Sep
Tree vigourVigorous
Tree habitUpright
Fruit-bearing
CroppingHeavy
Pollination date25
Pollination groupD
Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
PollinatorsPollination partners