Cambridge Gage
(W5, A 26 planted 2010) The sweet dense flesh is green and firm and the skin greenish yellow with a red blush. A somewhat self fertile compact tree with fruit ripe in late August. Found in Cambridge, England.
Coe’s Golden Drop
(W4, F 17 planted 2025) and (E1, T1 planted 2005) A legendary oblong golden plum with a red blush, introduced in 1800 at Bury St. Edmunds England. The medium sized fruit ripens in late September or early October, long after other plums. The flesh is sweet, soft and juicy with a pocket of intense apricot flavor when it is fully ripe. It needs a pollinizer.
Early Laxton
(W5, L 23 planted 1999) The first of the European plums to ripen. Each year, the tree overflows with pink/orange oblong freestone fruit with tasty yellow flesh. In 1916 it received the British Award for Merit and would receive that award here at our orchard if we only had such an award. It is high in vitamin C and excellent for cooking. The tree is upright and easy to care for. It needs a pollinizer.
Ersinger German Prune
(W1, A4 planted 2010) A heavy cropper ripening early in the season. The blue oblong fruit has outstanding flavor. It needs a pollinizer.
Geneva Mirabelle
(W4, J 19 planted 2024) Mirabelle is a type of plum not a variety. Plant two Mirabelle varieties for best pollination. Mirabelle’s are great for making tarts, compote, canning or making jam. Geneva is freestone and ripens in August. A small round yellow plum with red dots and yellow flesh. Formerly known as Mirabelle 858 it is a Mirabelle cross found at the Geneva N.Y. station.
Gros Ameliorat
(W1, A3 planted 2010) A small round plum from Romania with a very sweet flavor. The skin is red/purple over a yellow background with yellow flesh that clings to the pit. It ripens in September and needs a pollinizer.
Imperial Epineuse
(W4, F17 planted 2025) and (W4, H21 planted 2015) A very flavorful French prune that has won the English national fruit trials as a standard for judging prune flavor. The fruit is large and elongated with red/purple skin and meaty yellow flesh. Ripens in late August and needs a pollinizer.
Jam Session
(W4, F 17 planted 2025) A small round bright blue freestone plum with yellow flesh that makes a rich Damson plum jam or sauce. It is loaded with ropes of ripe fruit in mid September. An open pollinated cross of the variety Late Muscadet. From Cornell breeding in Geneva NY. Reported to be black knot and brown rot resistant. Partially self fruitful.
Jubileum
(W2, A 10 planted 2010) From Sweden, the tree is heavily laden with large flavorful pink/purple self fertile plums. It ripens in August and is great for fresh eating or processing. It is an offspring of the variety Victoria.
Kuban Comet
(W4, F17 planted 2025) Developed by fruit breeder Gennady Eremin at the Krymsk station in southern Russia. The dwarf tree with a spreading habit is self fertile and very productive. The tasty round medium size crack resistant plums are bluish purple when fully ripe with yellow clingstone flesh. It is very reliable and easy to grow. Gennady came to our fruit garden and shared his outstanding varieties with us. He also developed the Krymsk stone fruit rootstocks.
Mirabelle Combo
(E1. R1 planted 2023) This tree has four varieties of Mirabelle on the same tree. They are Geneva Mirabelle, Mirabelle de Metz, Mirabelle de Nancy and Reine de Mirabelle.
Mount Royal
(W4, F 17 planted 2025) and (W3 A11 planted 2010) This very hardy, round self fertile prune plum was developed in Quebec prior to 1903 for very cold climates. We were pleasantly surprised when it performed so well here. Every August it sets a huge crop of medium size blue plums with yellow flesh excellent for fresh eating, canning, drying or freezing.
Prune de Ente 707
(W4, A 19 planted 2015) In the Agen region of France where they breed French prunes, this selection is considered their most flavorful. The large, very sweet fruit has violet red skin and yellow flesh. Its high sugar and low water content make it superior for drying. It is also eaten fresh, stewed and made into jams. We got it from the orchard of Andy Mariani. It matures in early September. Partially self fruitful.
Purple Gage
(W4, F 17 planted 2025) Perhaps the best Gage plum for our region. The round dense purple fruit is rich in flavor, freestone, with a small pit. The tree is upright and very productive. It ripens in late August and is partially self fertile. It is also known as Reine Claude Violette.
Ruth Gerstetter
(W2, A 9 planted 2010) Prized for cooking, drying and fresh eating, this medium size reddish blue fruit has yellow/green flesh. Bred in Germany about 1920, it is partially self fertile and blooms with Early Laxton. Fruit is ripe in early August.
Seneca
(W4, H 20 planted 2009) A very large red plum that is very flavorful. It is a productive upright, vigorous tree. It needs a pollinizer and ripens in early September. Bred by the NY experiment station, it has been a top choice in our orchard for decades.
Valor
(E1, N1 planted 2005) A sweet blue, purple culinary plum from Canada. It is semi freestone and needs a pollinizer. A parent is Imperial Epineuse.
Victory
(E1, N1, planted 2005) A heart shaped, productive blue round plum from Canada. One of its parents is Valor. It needs a pollinizer.
Victoria
(W1, F1 planted 2015) In late August of each year, countless trees in English gardens overflow with these incredibly productive, colorful large oval pink plums with golden yellow delicious flesh. It is self fertile, freestone and prized for canning and jam. It was a seedling found in Sussex in 1840.
