Dual-purpose plum trees

You can pick these dual-purpose plum varieties slightly under-ripe for making plum jam and baking, or leave them to ripen on the tree for eating fresh.

Belle de Louvain
Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.
Blaisdon Red
Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.
Blue Tit
Blue Tit is a popular English dual-purpose plum, easy to grow, reliable cropping.
Czar
Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
Edda
A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.
Hauszwetsche German Prune
Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.
Herman
Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.
Marjorie's Seedling
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
Purple Pershore
Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.
Reeves
A high-quality English dual-purpose plum, similar to Victoria but with an improved flavour for eating fresh.
Rivers' Early Prolific
Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.
Stella's Star
A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.
Victoria
Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
Warwickshire Drooper
Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.
Yellow Pershore
Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.