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Plum
Victoria 

 

 

 

 
SummaryA very popular English plum, especially good for culinary use. Heavy crops of attractive plum-coloured fruit.




Identification

Victoria




Fruit colourRed / mottled




Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shapeLong / oval




Using

Victoria




FlavorGood




Flavour styleSweet/Sharp




Ripening periodMid season




Use/Keeping1 week




Cooking resultPuree




Growing

Victoria




Picking




CroppingHeavy




VigourAverage growth




PollinationFlowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Gardening skillAverage




ProblemsCanker - Very susceptible
Silverleaf - Very susceptible
Plum pox virus (Sharka) - Some susceptibility

Other

Victoria




Country of originUnited Kingdom




Other qualitiesAwards 1993