Victoria Plum

[lesleygl]

Please someone suggest a good variety, dessert Victoria Plum tree?

[northepaul]

Victoria Plum is the actual variety, Lesley.
Do you mean you want some information on rootstocks etc?

[piskieinboots]

and Victoria plum is a good variety

[lesleygl]

sorry not very knowledgeable about these things

Want to put one on my plot and wondered which one to buy

Thank you
L

[Bigmallly]

Victoria is a lovely plum (personal taste), you won't go far wrong.

[lesleygl]

Well, thanks - I will get one planted on my allotment soon.
L

[sarraceniac]

Ask 3 gardeners for their opinion and you will get 5 different replies. So I'm going to act as devil's advocate (again). The Victoria plum is a good all round plum for making jam, wine etc. It is also acceptable as a dessert plum. But if it is wanted mainly for eating fresh or making pies then there are better ones IMHO. Have a look at Opal, and the plum that is now the most popular in the UK, the Tsar. Also investigate gages, green and golden. Well worth a munch.

[FB.]

Victoria is a good, reliable, all-purpose, self-fertile plum.
But as an all-rounder, it is not the tastiest eater, nor the tastiest cooker.

It also has a reputation for easily getting infected with diseases - silver leaf and canker.

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[BUFFS]

you can go for a greengage..very tasty..or marjories seedling also very good and more like a victoria plum...i have found that these wet summers seem to rob the fruit of their flavour...leaving them tasting insipid but i suppose it goes with this area. make sure you prepare the planting hole well as its going to be there a while.

[lesleygl]

Thank you all for the info
L