Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | M2 |
Tree Type | Plum |
Variety | Victoria |
Rootstock | St Julien A |
Date Planted | 15 March 2010 |
Tree Description | The famous oval red plum, of good flavour, sweet and very juicy when ripe but useful for cooking when underripe. A late August plum. |
Comments | Fruiting well elsewhere in St. James. |
Orchard Map |
If you gather not by hand (which is Tedious) Lay a truss of straw beneath the Tree and over that a blanket, discretely shaking them down, not to many at a time (Cook, The Making of Cider 1678)