Aldi plum tree - not Victoria

[starloc]

I quite agree. The reason that Victoria became popular is that it is multi-purpose. Eating, cooking, preserving etc. But I don't think it excels at any.

I agree as well, the victoria is ok, and we think the home grown are better then the shops, but opal plum is a better one in my opinion, tastes better, less prone to silverleaf and other things, bigger fruit, sweeter fruit, better tasting fruit and more of it ( same supplier , same age trees higher crop on opal) and it flowers later giving less chance of frost damage

[sarraceniac]

How interesting. I bought an Aldi 'Victoria' plum at about the same time, and guess what - I have an apple tree instead. Deep red apples - they almost look ornamental. Will let you know what they taste like when they're ready!

It's not just Aldi. I bought a cherry at Wilko's for a fiver. It is now producing very nice pears.

[BFG]

*Crosses fingers and hopes my 2 cheap Cherry trees are actually Pears/Apples*

[peanut]

I bought a "Conference Pear" from Aldi...it's now produced a very pale yellow Pear (just the one this year!!) so don't think it's a Conference?

[FB.]

Pale yellow, early-ripening, widely available pear = Williams?

[sarraceniac]

Pale yellow, early-ripening, widely available pear = Williams?

Probably FB. That's what my Wilko 'Cherry' is and I think that most of these cheap offers come from the same wholesaler.

[swaine]

had the same problem an opal and a victoria, the victoia is identical to the opal, same colour, size ,ripening time, last week, same growth habit, the apples tend to be the worst labeled from stores like aldi,
stew

[valmarg]

I'm sorry, but these cheapo/crappo fruit trees from Aldi/Lidl/Netto are 'lost labels' insofar as you are going to get 'something'. It will not necessarily be the variety on the label.

Even at £2.99 they are a total waste of money.

valmarg

[peanut]

Pale yellow, early-ripening, widely available pear = Williams?

Ooh, I'd quite like it to be a Williams! Thanks for that.

[iann]

Wrong plum from Aldi

Hi, 18 months ago I bought 2 Victoria plum trees from Aldi, they have both grown well and the one tree has born fruit. However the fruit is not that of a Victoria plum, the tree must have been put in the wrong packet. The plums are very large, egg shaped and a deep purple colour. What I wondered was if anyone else bought one of these mis-named plums or if anyone could hazard a guess as to what the variety might be.

Yes I had same problem , purple plum instead of Victorie, but it is good flavour and ripens earlier so quite happy. Seems to be on Pixie rootstock which is even better

[chris]

Old thread.. But could it be Opal. The lidl ones were so a stab in the dark.


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