Merryweather Damson Back To List Damson Description: Merryweather is an unusually large plum sized damson, both for dessert and culinary use. Reliable heavy crops of blue-black fruits that can be eaten fresh when fully ripe, but are usually used for cooking. Yellow-greenish firm flesh, juicy and acidic flavour. A clingstone fruit, the stone tends to stick to the flesh. The tree itself is very vigorous and has a spreading habit. Good resistance to silver leaf disease. History: Introduced by Messrs. Merryweather at Merryweather Nurseries from Southwell, Nottinghamshire, UK in 1907. Recieved an Award of Garden Merit in 1907 and a First Class Certificate in 1913 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Attributes Uses: Cooking Pollination group: Pollination group 3 Picking month: September Self-fertility: Self-fertile Uses: Eating Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Sweet Prune Damson The Classic German ‘Hauszwetsche’ sweet prune for traditional ‘plum cake’ and fresh eating. Full Details Langley Bullace Damson Small round to round oblong, blue black with a good bloom, best for culinary use. Self Fertile. Full Details King of the Damsons Damson Black-blue bloom, large fruit. Reliable cropper and self fertile. Best when made into jams and preserves or fruit pudding. Full Details Blue Violet Damson Dessert fruit of plum quality. Oval, blue/black with attractive bloom. Can drop from the tree in August. Full Details
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