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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
There is a heavy, unbearable sadness at the sight of a fruit tree whose crop has been left to rot at its feet.   ((c) Nigel Slater,The Kitchen Diaries II, 2012)