"Doug." wrote ...

I grew a Stella for a few years . I don't remember it being a black
one
though.
More like a pale pinky orange colour.

TBH this was what I was expecting and I was surprised to see these
black'uns labelled as Stella. Maybe they were mislabelled or over ripe.

It wasn't a sweet eater and cropped badly. Mind you, - it was on its
tod among apples and pears.
They take a few years to get going you know. I have some plums here
which have been in eight years and they are doing only very slowly.
One
of them has got one plum on it and the others about ten to fifteen,
whereas others - as usual do very well every year.
Doug.


Yes, I'm expectng to have to wait for some results, but I'm in no hurry
and we don't expect to move from this house.

Many thanks

Neil