Japanese plum
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Sultan blood plum
Heirloom blood plum, the Sultan blood plum is a rare breed, loved by all who try it, medium sized, soft and juicy blood red flesh, bright lively flavour, self fertile, ripening mid season, low spreading tree (easier to net) Ripens: Jan/Feb Pollinates with: Self fertile
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Licola blood plum
The Licola blood plum is a small to medium size blood plum with very good sweet flavour, solid and meaty flesh with plenty of juice, ripens mid season just after Satsuma finishes, grows well with us in hot dry northern Victoria and we suspect would do well in cooler climates too (as this is where it originated) Ripens: Feb/March
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Dwarf Elephant Heart plum
Dwarf plum, we get many enquiries for this plum, the Elephant Heart plum, it's a large heart shaped, purple red blood plum with a genuinely distinctive flavour, a bit like a cherry, lovely juicy plum, ripens over a long period, comes grafted onto a dwarf rootstock, to grow approx 2 metres high, with good fruit load Ripens: Dec-Feb Pollinates with: Mariposa, dwarf mariposa
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Dwarf Narrabeen plum
The Dwarf Narrabeen plum is a small willowy growing tree, bearing large red plums with firm, yellow, fine flavoured flesh, late maturing, a slipstone, and a very satisfying plum to eat, does well with us, and said to have some natural resistance to bacterial blight, manageable tree growing to approx 2 metres tall Ripens: February Pollinates with: part self fertile, Mariposa, Satsuma, Santa Rosa
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Dwarf Ruby blood plum
A sought after plum for many people, the Ruby blood plum is a late ripener, with good sized fruits and the lighter pinker kind of blood plum flesh Ripens: March Pollinate with: Satsuma, Santa Rosa, Mariposa, Narabeen,
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Santa Rosa plum
The Santa Rosa plum is a very popular early variety, yellow flesh, purple red skin, cherry plum flavours, upright tree, self fertile, and one of the best pollinators for other varieties, a long time favourite Ripens: January Pollinates with: Self fertile, Maripose, Ruby Blood, Showtime,Fortune Chill Hours: approx 300 (low)
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Satsuma plum
Maybe the most well known of all blood plums, the Satsuma plum is a mid season plum, largest in size, rounded dark red, firm juicy spicy flesh, described by one local nurseryman here as having a ‘satisfying clove like depth’ of flavour. The Satsuma plum is a good bearer, useful for preserving and bottling, partly self fertile and gives even bigger crops if cross pollinated. Ripens: February Pollinate with: partly self fertile, Santa Rosa, Queen Rosa, Red Ace, Narabeen, Mariposa Chill hours: 300-400