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Plum
Blue Tit 

 

 

 

 
SummaryA popular and reliable English culinary plum which can also be eaten fresh.




Identification

Blue Tit




Fruit colourBlue




Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shapeOval / round




Using

Blue Tit




FlavorVery good




Flavour styleSweet/Sharp




Ripening periodMid-Late season




Use/Keeping1-3 days




Cooking result




Growing

Blue Tit




Picking




CroppingGood




VigourSlightly small




PollinationFlowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Gardening skillVery easy




Problems

Other

Blue Tit




Country of originUnited Kingdom




Other qualitiesAwards 1995