A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
Victoria Plum on Myrobalan (Spring 2025)
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The classic British garden plum.
Victoria is a medium-sized, upright-spreading, hardy tree. It tends to overcrop and fruit should be thinned to avoid breakage. Victoria is self-fertile, but we recommend planting it with another European plum for best quality fruit. It is notoriously susceptible to fungal infections.
This is a large and very attractive midseason plum. Ovate, with deep red coloring, it has the look of a "classic" plum. These plums also pass through a very pretty tropical orange phase, but they are not ready for harvest at this point. The yellow flesh is coarse, sweet, and mild. This is the favorite plum of British bakers, used for pies, crumbles, and preserves. The Plum and Marzipan Pie recipe from the BBC looks like a winner to me.
The exact origin of Victoria is obscure. We do know that it is named after Queen Victoria, and that by 1844 it had been introduced commercially by Denyer Nursery, under the name Denyer Victoria.
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Plum
Subcategory:
European, Self-Fertile
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, jam, baking, canning, freezing, jelly
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: red
Fruit Origins
Parentage: unknown
Origin: England
Introduced in: 1844
Introduced by:
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Aug 17 (approximate, in New York State) 15 days before Stanley
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: Myrobalan Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Standard (100% Size)
Tree spacing: See details
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
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Brown Rot, Blossom Blight, Fruit Rot: Very Susceptible
Pollination
Pollination Factors
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Bloom group:
Is it self-fertile? Y
Is it fertile?
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Standard (100% Size)
Pollination Partners
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