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Purple Pershore

Prunus domestica
Pershore plums
Purple Pershore is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators

Purple Pershore is well-known and reliable English plum, grown commercially on a small-scale in the vale of Evesham. The fruit is large, and perfect for almost any kind of plum cookery, particularly plum jam.

The plums should be picked at the red stage if you are using them for the kitchen, or left on the tree until they are dark purple for eating fresh.

Purple Pershore plum trees for sale

  • RF11-year bare-root tree on St. Julien rootstock£38.75
    Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
    Can be trained on as a large bush-trained tree or a half-standard tree, no staking required once estalished. Also suitable as a large fan-trained tree.
    Available next season
  • RF21-year bare-root tree on Brompton rootstock£41.25
    Mature height: 5m-7m after 10 years
    Can be trained on as a 'standard' fruit tree, no staking required, suitable for a traditional plum orchard.
    Available next season

Growing and Training

Purple Pershore is an almost foolproof plum variety, self-fertile and with very good disease resistance. It can be grown throughout the UK.


History

The origins of Purple Pershore are uncertain. Some authorities believe it is a purple sport of Yellow Pershore - which it resembles in many ways, apart from the colour. Others believe it may be related to Rivers Early Prolific.


Purple Pershore characteristics

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
  • Self-fertile?Self-fertile
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Pick seasonMid
  • Picking periodmid-August
  • Keeping1 week
  • Food usesEating freshCulinary
  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colourPurple

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