Yellow Plums

While out walking round our new village that is being created.I found a small plum tree about ten foot high that had been put in by the village landscape gardeners as part of a hedge system.

The tree was filled with small yellow plums,which tasted very nice.

I would like to find out what plum this is,and whether it would be possible to grow the same tree from the seeds I have collected from the plums I ate

Kandy

 

In Cambs there were a lot of wild plums called 'Bullaces'. These were small round yellow plums, very sweet when ripe. If yours are a wild variety they should come true from the stones. Worth a try anyway, the least you can get is pretty blossom!

 

We have a tree on our allotment that seems to belong to nobody - on Tuesday we found all the plums had just fallen to the ground, so collected and bottled them. This is a treefull! :D

 

Funny how things are called in different places. Bullaces, here and in the Dictionary are described as having purple fruit rather like a small damson. Yet I have just found a nursery selling what they describe as a Golden Bullace. Very odd!
There are lots of varieties of plums with yellow or green fruit. Greengages are exactly that, but Pershore Egg is yellow.

 

The word "bullace" is Old French in origin "beloce" and became "bolace" in medieval English. It was a general name for a small or wild plum and could be any colour. Today it is more specifically used for Prunus domestica subspecies institia.

 

Shiney.Just found your post about golden plums.I f you get any stones,I would be most pleased if you could send me some throught the post as It would be interesting to have a go at growing some.

Kandy

 

Supersprout,Now that is really a good harvest Quite envy your know how, and I have never bottled any thing,only ever made Jam/Marmalade and pickles,have 5lbs of blackberries in the freezer they have all finished now I noticed while walking the dogs, but did collect a bag of Hazelnuts yesterday, I hope to source Elderberries at the week end on a daughter visitation in Sussex we don't appear to have any where I live.

 

Thanks Shiney.I didn't realise anyone had replied to my post,as it was going further on down the page.

Shiney,Don't worry if you don't remember.It would just be another seed to try and grow.

I am drying off some everlasting sweet peas if you and your good lady would like some.

Something to remember me by in your twilight years.

Kandy

 

Sorry Shiney we just have the common ones,which are dark pink.My neighbour over the road has white ones,so will try to do a swop.

Thanks anyway

Kandy

 

HI KANDYFLOSS, we have 4 victoria plum trees. they were so leggy I had them trimmed down last year. plums this year I think are not so big like the are in the shops, so I am begining think they are damsons. could anyone put some light on this matter. thanks :confused: