Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | F4 |
Tree Type | Plum |
Variety | Marjorie's Seedling |
Rootstock | St Julien A |
Date Planted | 15 March 2010 |
Tree Description | A large black cooking plum often hanging till October and when fully ripened of fair dessert quality. Crops well. A tall vigorous tree. A late September and October plum. |
Comments | |
Orchard Map |
Gather William pears, or Williams's pears, to be didactic, as they are named after a Mr Williams who was the first person to distribute Bon Chretien pears in England. They are the palest gold with rough dark freckling, and delicious beyond words. (Ronald Blythe)