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Pollination of Opal plum trees

Opal (Prunus domestica)  is in flowering group 3. Opal is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Opal in our catalogue

• Avalon

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  Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Partially self-fertile
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• Blue Tit

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  Blue Tit is a popular English dual-purpose plum, easy to grow, reliable cropping.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Self-fertile
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• Cambridge Gage

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  Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
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• Denniston's Superb

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  Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Good pollinator
  • Self-fertile
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• Golden Transparent Gage

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  A traditional English gage, noted for its very sweet flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
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• Herman

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  Herman is an excellent and versatile early-season plum variety, blue/purple with yellow flesh.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
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• Jubilee

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  Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
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• Late Muscatelle

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  A traditional French dessert variety, highly-regarded for its very sweet plums.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
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• Late Transparent Gage

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  A late season English plum with an excellent very sweet flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
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• Old Green Gage

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  Old Green Gage is considered by many to be the best-flavoured of any plum variety.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
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• Purple Pershore

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  Purple Pershore is one of the most popular English culinary plums. Easy to grow and productive.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Self-fertile
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• Reine Claude de Bavay

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  The most widely-grown green gage, Reine Claude de Bavay has the distinctive gage-like flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
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• Victoriain stock

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  The most popular English plum variety, can be eaten fresh or used in the kitchen.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Good pollinator
  • Self-fertile
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  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-dwarf
  • Semi-vigorous

• Warwickshire Drooper

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  Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
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