Buying a damson tree

[alldigging]

One site says Shropshire Damson Damson Trees is more compact than the Merryweather Damson Trees on St Julien rootstock...

Ideally want something heavy cropping (nom nom)
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Any suggestions as to where to get a tree from and which one?

[Alison]

Think mine is Shropshire but not 100% sure without going to the plot. Got it from Blackmoors via the internet. Early days re fruit, especially as I'm training as a fan so will be sacrificing some fruiting wood to get the shape right for now. More worrying auto correct on my phone wanted to change Shropshire to Hampshire.....

[orangepippin]

There is not a massive difference between any of the damsons, but Merryweather is effectively a damson-like plum and also grows more like a plum - hence Shropshire Prune is, in comparison, likely to be a more "compact" tree, as it would be when compared to many other plums.