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KIRKE’S BLUE Introduced<br />
by Joseph Kirke of London<br />
in 1830, this large, round,<br />
dark blue plum is still<br />
the finest flavored of all.<br />
Each August, trees at the<br />
Wisley Royal Horticultural<br />
gardens produce incomparable freestone fruit with yellow,<br />
drippingly juicy flesh and a fantastic flavor. A challenge to grow<br />
successfully, it needs a pollinizer. C160A (Marianna 2624):<br />
$28.50 each; C160: (St. Julian A): $28.50 each<br />
Victoria Would Like to Introduce<br />
Her Swedish Cousin!<br />
VICTORIA In late August<br />
of each year, trees in<br />
English gardens overflow<br />
with these incredibly<br />
productive, colorful large<br />
oval pink plums. The flesh<br />
is a golden yellow and<br />
sweet. It is self fertile,<br />
freestone and prized<br />
for canning and jam. A<br />
seedling found in Sussex in<br />
1840, it is England’s most widely planted plum. Now Americans<br />
can enjoy it too. On Marianna 2624 rootstock. C290: $26.50<br />
each<br />
JUBILEUM Enjoy loads of flavorful<br />
large pink/purple plums on this<br />
sturdy self fertile tree. Jubileum<br />
was bred in Sweden. It is similiar to<br />
Victoria but ripens a week earlier in<br />
August and has larger fruit. Great<br />
for eating or processing. C053A:<br />
(Marianna 2624): $26.50 each<br />
Try Our Selection of Prune Plums!<br />
What makes a plum a prune is that it can be dried. Our prune<br />
plums are also great for fresh eating and cooking!<br />
ITALIAN PRUNE (Sehome strain) The Italian<br />
prune is famous for reliability and heavy<br />
setting. It’s a large purple freestone plum<br />
with yellow-green flesh. It is great for drying<br />
and canning. Self-fertile. Fruit ripens in late<br />
August. C120 (St. Julian A): $23.50 each;<br />
C120B (Marianna 2624): $23.50 each<br />
SCHOOLHOUSE TM A large oval, bright yellow<br />
plum with excellent flavor. It appears to be<br />
a prune type plum. Its bright yellow color<br />
makes it unique. It ripens in mid September<br />
and is extremely productive and reliable. It<br />
is named for the schoolhouse where it was<br />
found in Pt. Townsend, WA. It was brought to us by James Fritz.<br />
On Marianna 2624 rootstock. C115: $26.50 each; C115A (St.<br />
Julian A): $23.50 each<br />
LONG JOHN This unusual looking, large elongated prune plum<br />
is pointed on both ends and a beautiful blue-purple color. The<br />
vigorous tree is loaded with delicious, sweet aromatic, firm<br />
freestone fruit. The flesh is amber colored. Somewhat self<br />
fertile, it benefits by being pollinized by another prune plum.<br />
From the New York State fruit testing program. Tested to be<br />
one of the highest in antioxidents. C170: $26.50 each<br />
STANLEYA flavorful, very large purple<br />
prune plum. Excellent for eating fresh,<br />
drying or jam. A heavy bearer, self fertile<br />
and freestone. C250 (St. Julian A): $24.95<br />
each; C250A (Marianna 2624): $24.95<br />
each<br />
MOUNT ROYALEvery August, a<br />
huge crop of delicious plums ripen<br />
in abundant clusters on this hardy,<br />
European plum tree. The mediumsize,<br />
round, blue plums with yellow<br />
flesh are excellent for fresh eating,<br />
canning, drying or freezing. The<br />
self-fertile tree, developed in Quebec<br />
prior to 1903, is the hardiest and<br />
most widely adapted of the tested<br />
European plums and is a heavy annual producer. USDA Zones<br />
4-8. C181 (Marianna 2624): $24.95 each; C181A (St. Julian A):<br />
$24.95 each<br />
PRUNE D’ENTE<br />
707 This self fertile<br />
French prune plum<br />
is most highly prized<br />
in its home country<br />
for large, very sweet<br />
fruit with violet-red<br />
skin and yellow flesh.<br />
In the tradition of the<br />
renowned “Agen”<br />
prunes, this clone has<br />
a high sugar and low<br />
water content, making<br />
it superior for drying. Newly available to American gardeners,<br />
the fruit is delicious eaten fresh or dried, stewed or made into<br />
jams. In France, it blooms in mid season and matures in early<br />
September. This cultivar is from Andy Mariani’s orchard. On<br />
Marianna 2624 rootstock. C111: $28.50 each<br />
RUTH GERSTETTER Prized for<br />
cooking, drying and fresh eating,<br />
this high quality, medium-size, blue<br />
plum has yellow/green flesh. Bred<br />
in Germany about 1920, it is partially<br />
self fertile, blooms with Early Laxton<br />
and Bavay Gage and bears early<br />
season. On Marianna 2624 rootstock.<br />
C125A: $24.95 each<br />
SANCTUS HUBERTUS NEW! An<br />
early ripening purple dessert plum from Belgium. Its medium<br />
size fruit ripens in August. It needs a pollinizer and it blooms<br />
with Victoria. C212: $24.95 each<br />
SENECA This very large plum is sweet, delicious and<br />
freestone. It has beautiful red skin<br />
and yellow flesh. It is a regular bearer<br />
on an upright vigorous tree. Enjoy<br />
the fruit fresh, dried or canned. It<br />
needs a pollinizer and ripens in early<br />
September. An introduction from the<br />
N.Y. Experiment Station, it has proven<br />
one of the best European plums in<br />
the WSU Mount Vernon tests. C220A<br />
(Marianna 2624): $24.95 each; C220<br />
(St. Julian A): $24.95 each<br />
ERSINGERA ‘German Prune’ plum<br />
with delicious flavor. It crops heavily and ripens early in the<br />
season. The skin is blue and the shape is oblong to pointed.<br />
C048: $24.95 each<br />
Raintree Nursery offers the world’s most flavorful plums!<br />
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