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Plum ‘Coe’s Golden Drop’

Original price was: £54.99.Current price is: £38.49.

SKU: D2FPD 1699875090 Categories: Fruit, Plants, Plums Tag: WAITROSE

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Position: Full sun
Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Rate of growth: Average
Flowering period: April to May
Hardiness: Fully hardy

A true plum aficionado’s dream, ‘Coe’s Golden Drop’ is a variety of plum that has been producing sublimely flavoured fruit since the 18th century. This English heirloom bears large, oval-shaped plums in rich golden yellow blushed with red spots. The thin skin surrounds sweet, gage-like flesh with hints of sharpness, considered among the finest flavoured of all plums. The free-stone fruits ripen in mid-autumn, ideal for fresh eating, baking, jams, and more. For gardeners appreciating time-tested quality over quantity, this self-sterile cultivar rewards with its decadent taste from late summer into autumn.

Pollination Information: This plum belongs to pollination group 2, so you will need to plant one other different variety of plum to guarantee cross pollination, and a subsequent bumper crop. Ideally this should come from the same pollination group, however it is possible to use one from group 1 or 3 as well.

Garden care:

When planting incorporate lots of well-rotted garden compost in the planting hole and stake firmly. Stone fruits like the plums should be pruned in the summer because they are prone to a disease called silver leaf which enters through cuts. If you prune in late summer, the sap is slowing but is still running fast enough to seal up any wounds. Check and remove any damaged, diseased or broken branches. It prefers an alkaline or neutral soil pH although grows well in all but clay soils.