Victoria Plum
Description
The Victoria is one of the most famous plums, principally because it is one of the heaviest and most regular croppers, with large fruit, and may be eaten for dessert or used for cooking. The traditional and long-repeated story is that it was a chance seedling found wild in a wood at Alderton in Sussex. But it turns out that there is no Alderton in Sussex. Sharp's Emperor was the original name, but then the plum was sold to a nurseryman called Denyer who introduced it around 1840 as Denyer's Victoria. The large, reddish purple fruit has a good but not excellent flavour, compared with some plums and gages.
Latin name: Prunus Domestica Victoria
Type: dessert/cooking Uses: eating Flavour: luscious and juicy Fruit colour: dark red/purple with yellow/green flesh |
Flowering time: 16 April (start), 20 April (full), 29 April (over)
Picking time: late August/early September Eating/storing time: a few weeks in the fridge Tree size: Rootstock: St Julien A Year planted: 2006 |