Excalibur Plum Find a stockist Buy online from The Tree Shop Back To List Description: Excalibur is a good quality dessert plum. A vigorous tree, shy cropping but sacrificing quantity for quality is worthwhile in this case. Fruits are pale yellow, mostly covered with red/orange flush and dots if exposed to the sun. Light pale blue bloom. Flesh is pale yellow, transparent, moderately juicy and sweet in flavour. Pretty white blossom appears in the spring and dark green, very large leaves. History: Raised at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol in 1970. Introduced in 1989. Seedling of Count Althan's Gage. Pollination Partners: Plum Czar Plum Yellow Pershore Damson Shropshire Prune Damson Merryweather Gage Jefferson Gage Coe's Golden Drop Mirabelle Golden Sphere Mirabelle de Nancy Attributes Picking month: Early August Uses: Eating Pollination group 2 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… Violetta Plum A newly introduced Swedish plum. Great qualities, sweetly flavoured. A compact grower, very productive. Full Details Laxtons Cropper Plum Excellent cropper especially for hardy areas. Red turning blue-black. Suitable for cooking and eating when fully ripe. Full Details Topfive® Plum Large, firm purple fruits with juicy, aromatic and spicy, yellowish flesh. Freestone and self fertile. Crops early August. Full Details Juna Plum One of the earliest plums to ripen with a fantastic aromatic juicy taste and firm texture. Small-medium blue plums. Full Details
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