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St James Village Orchard

Details of the Tree at Grid Ref F4

Tree Details   
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)