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Plums
Plum Myrobalan rootstock, growing to 3-4 metres in height.
BILLINGTONS
A plum with dark red skin and flesh which is good for eating and
jam making. The fruit ripen in early January and pollinators include
Black Doris & Omega.
BLACK DORIS
Medium to large fruit, ready in late Jan. it has black skin and
dark red flesh. Excellent for dessert and bottling. Pollinate with
Billington or Santa Rosa.
BURBANK
A medium sized plum, almost globular in shape. A clear cherry red
skin with a thin lilac bloom, the flesh is deep yellow. It has a
good sweet flavour, is a reliable bearer and is self-fertile.
CHERRY PLUMS – HEARD & PERNEL
Very good pollinators for plums as they have a lot of blossom followed
by abundant quantities of small cherry-like plums useful for jam.
- HEARD – Pollinator for Black Doris,
Omega and Fortune.
- PERNEL – Pollinator for Black Doris
and Omega.
COES GOLDEN DROP
(Yellow Gage) A late sason, medium to small sized plum,
yellow skin and flesh. Pollinate with other Gages.
DAMSON
(English Plum) Small oval fruit, with greenish yellow flesh and
blue-black skin with attractive bloom on surface. A spreading tree
with moderate vigour whose fruit ripen mid season and is self fertile.
Make excellent jam, preserve, chutney and pickle. Delicious spiced
as a sauce, heated, sieved and flavoured with a liqueur.
DUFFS EARLY JEWEL
An early ripening plum that is ready around Christmas time. A medium
sized fruit with red skin and yellow flesh. Duffs Early Jewel is
a self-fertile variety and is a good pollinator for other varieties.
ELEPHANT HEART
Very large fruit, red fleshed with red mottled skin. A freestone
plum which is upright, vigorous, and ripens in February. A good
dessert and bottling variety, that is pollinated by Omega, Santa
Rosa and Burbank.
HAWERA
A large, very firm fleshed plum, with very dark red skin and flesh.
Probably our best blood red plum. A high quality dessert variety.
Ripening January (15-20). Appears to be self fertile but Santa Rosa
may assist pollination. A seedling, which originated from the side
of the road in Hawera, Taranaki.
KERERU GOLD
A medium sized freestone plum with yellow flesh and skin, ripening
in mid February. When the plum is ripe it halves beautifully and
the stones pop out easily, making it good for jam and also bottles
well looking lovely and golden in the jars. A vigorous upright tree,
bearing huge crops of fruit.
This tree was sent to Harrion’s Trees in 1994 by Mr Gordon
Neilson and placed in the organic trial area for evaluation. Since
coming into production it has had huge crops of fruit. The annual
visit by the Manawatu Tree Crops Assc. to the trial area has prompted
Harriosn’s Trees to propagate this for keen home gardener
as it was much admired and tasted by the group. Another group of
visitors to the trial area the Kereru or native wood pigeon, have
also been very partial to the fruit. No need to worry about the
Kereru’s interest in this plum as the tree produces plenty
to share !!!
LUISA
Luisa is a chance seedling arising in Hamilton. Very large,
yellow flesh and skin, virtually freestone. Unusual shape, similar
to a mango. Exceptional eating quality with a sweet aromatic flavour
and fine texture, very juicy. Luisa is very grower friendly in terms
of pollination, cultivation and disease hardiness, so can be readily
grown organically. Ripens late January to Early February. Self-fertile.
ROYALTY INCLUDED.
PURPLE KING
A large late season plum. Purplish skin, yellow orange flesh. A
great dessert plum and has a greater tolerance of bacterial diseases
than most plums. Pollinated by Elephant Heart, Sultan, Duffs Early
Jewel and Cherry Plums.
REINE CLAUDE du BAVAY
Originating in France from the popular English Greengage. In spite
of being green when ripe, one of the sweetest plums in existence.
Ripens late in the season, is medium in size and has yellow green
skin and flesh.
SANTA ROSA
A medium sized plum produced on a tree with upright growth habit.
It has yellow flesh and pinkish-red skin with an aromatic flavour.
A self-fertile variety, but pollination may be assisted by using
Omega and Duffs Early Jewel.
SULTAN
A large oval red fleshed plum with soft and juicy blood-red flesh
when ripe. Ripens in mid January. A low spreading tree, which crops
young and heavily. A self-fertile variety which is ideal for the
home garden.
DUAL PLUM
One tree but Two fantastic varieties
BILLINGTON / BLACK DORIS
- Billington - A plum with dark red skin and flesh is good for
eating and jam making. The fruit ripen in early January.
- Black Doris - Medium to large fruit, ready in late January.
It has black skin and dark red flesh Excellent for dessert and
bottling
REINE CLAUDE du BAVAY / COE’S GOLDEN DROP
- Reine Claude du Bavay – Popular Greengage plum, green
when ripe, and very sweet.
- Coe’s Golden Drop – A yellow Gage, late season,
medium to small size. Yellow skin and flesh.
We regret due to the growth pattern of the Greengage (Reine Claude du Bavay) we will no longer offer these 2 varieties as a dual tree. The Grrengage is to vigorous and over shadows the Coes Golden Drop even with careful managment so I regret we have decided that we will longer offer this plum combination. We still offer these 2 trees seperately and in our opinion this is the best way to grow them.
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