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St James Village Orchard

Details of the Tree at Grid Ref K1

Tree Details   
Grid Ref
K1
Tree Type Plum
Variety Czar
Rootstock St Julien A
Date Planted 15 March 2010
Tree Description A reliable heavy cropping small purple-black cooking plum. Upright in growth and hardy. A July and August plum.
Comments Fruiting well elsewhere in St. James (RP & CS).
Orchard Map
If you gather not by hand (which is Tedious) Lay a truss of straw beneath the Tree and over that a blanket, discretely shaking them down, not to many at a time   (Cook, The Making of Cider 1678)