Return of the Plums
 

One lot of plums out of the way. The next tree is now just about ready and
is heavily laden. The stall at the front can't cope, it clears about 5 bags
a day, each bag of one and a half pounds selling for 50p.
Cupboards are jammed with jam. The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark

Return of the Plums
 

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:31:25 +0100, "mark"
wrote:

One lot of plums out of the way. The next tree is now just about ready and
is heavily laden. The stall at the front can't cope, it clears about 5 bags
a day, each bag of one and a half pounds selling for 50p.
Cupboards are jammed with jam. The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark


Plum wine? About 10 gallons should use a tree full.

Steve

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Return of the Plums
 

"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:31:25 +0100, "mark"
wrote:

One lot of plums out of the way. The next tree is now just about ready and
is heavily laden. The stall at the front can't cope, it clears about 5
bags
a day, each bag of one and a half pounds selling for 50p.
Cupboards are jammed with jam. The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark


Plum wine? About 10 gallons should use a tree full.



That idea has been earmarked for next year. Haven't made sufficient
preparation this time round, getting all the demijohns, tubes and bungs etc.
mark

Return of the Plums
 

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, mark wrote:

One lot of plums out of the way. The next tree is now just about ready and
is heavily laden. The stall at the front can't cope, it clears about 5 bags
a day, each bag of one and a half pounds selling for 50p.
Cupboards are jammed with jam. The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg

Please don't feel you're alone! ;-)

Try my recipe for plum relish. Makes good Christmas presents!

David

--
David Rance
writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

Return of the Plums
 

"mark" wrote in message
o.uk...
One lot of plums out of the way. The next tree is now just about ready and
is heavily laden. The stall at the front can't cope, it clears about 5
bags a day, each bag of one and a half pounds selling for 50p.
Cupboards are jammed with jam. The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg

They look wonderful! Send them to me:)

Return of the Plums
 

"mark" wrote in message
o.uk...
One lot of plums out of the way. The next tree is now just about ready and
is heavily laden. The stall at the front can't cope, it clears about 5
bags a day, each bag of one and a half pounds selling for 50p.
Cupboards are jammed with jam. The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark

Start selling the jam?

Return of the Plums - What variety ?
 

Hi,

I'm thinking of planting a plum tree, what variety do you recommend ?

KK


"mark" wrote in message
o.uk...
One lot of plums out of the way. The next tree is now just about ready and
is heavily laden. The stall at the front can't cope, it clears about 5
bags a day, each bag of one and a half pounds selling for 50p.
Cupboards are jammed with jam. The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark

Return of the Plums - What variety ?
 

dido22 wrote:

Hi,

I'm thinking of planting a plum tree, what variety do you recommend ?

KK

Catalina plum, large and sweet. Seems to always set fruit no matter a
late freeze. Have to do a lot of thinning in a good year.
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Return of the Plums
 

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:31:25 +0100, mark wrote:

The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark

Send them to the Queen. Doesn't the song say 'Send her Victorias'?

Return of the Plums
 

On 2009-08-25 14:16:23 +0100, Derek Turner said:

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:31:25 +0100, mark wrote:

The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark

Send them to the Queen. Doesn't the song say 'Send her Victorias'?

Groaaaannnn! BTW, Derek, we have some new Jersey Sunrise and I'm
saving you some seed from those because I'm beginning to wonder if the
others have hybridised. How did they turn out with you? These, which
we've grown here this year, came from Jersey from someone who always
grows only J Sunrise. The fruits are wonderful for flavour and the
leaves are a bit different to the others we have.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Return of the Plums
 

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:38:19 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-08-25 14:16:23 +0100, Derek Turner said:

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:31:25 +0100, mark wrote:

The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark

Send them to the Queen. Doesn't the song say 'Send her Victorias'?

Groaaaannnn! BTW, Derek, we have some new Jersey Sunrise and I'm
saving you some seed from those because I'm beginning to wonder if the
others have hybridised. How did they turn out with you? These, which
we've grown here this year, came from Jersey from someone who always
grows only J Sunrise. The fruits are wonderful for flavour and the
leaves are a bit different to the others we have.

As chance would have it, I had the first one to ripen for my lunch today:
it was very nice! but then a home-grown one straight from the vine is
always going to taste better than a Checkers one, whatever the variety.
I'd love to receive some of the new batch of seeds, thank you. Perhaps I
can grow enough for me and my fellow allotment-holders so that we can
keep the strain pure!

Return of the Plums
 

On 2009-08-26 15:21:53 +0100, Derek Turner said:

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:38:19 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-08-25 14:16:23 +0100, Derek Turner said:

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:31:25 +0100, mark wrote:

The freezers full! Now this:

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...003/162823.jpg


mark

Send them to the Queen. Doesn't the song say 'Send her Victorias'?

Groaaaannnn! BTW, Derek, we have some new Jersey Sunrise and I'm
saving you some seed from those because I'm beginning to wonder if the
others have hybridised. How did they turn out with you? These, which
we've grown here this year, came from Jersey from someone who always
grows only J Sunrise. The fruits are wonderful for flavour and the
leaves are a bit different to the others we have.

As chance would have it, I had the first one to ripen for my lunch today:
it was very nice! but then a home-grown one straight from the vine is
always going to taste better than a Checkers one, whatever the variety.
I'd love to receive some of the new batch of seeds, thank you. Perhaps I
can grow enough for me and my fellow allotment-holders so that we can
keep the strain pure!

I'll send them off soon. We'll ask the same gardener if he can spare
some from his plants, too and then I'm going to ask Ray if he can find
room to keep them somewhere away from all the others next year, just to
be on the safe side. I want to try San Marzano, too because with
enough sun I think their flavour is sublime. Enough sun being the
problem, of course! Glad to hear your first taste was a good one!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon