Farleigh damson trees

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• Picking season: Late
• Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Flowering group: 3

Farleigh is a traditional English damson, and one of the heaviest-cropping of all the damsons.

The abundant fruit has the characteristic rich damson flavour when cooked.

It is also very cold-hardy and a good choice if you want to grow a fruit tree in a difficult situation.

Farleigh organic damson trees - graft to order

• 1 yeartree on St. Julien A rootstock27.75€
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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History

Farleigh was discovered in the county of Kent in the early 19th century.

Farleigh characteristics

• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Disease resistanceGood
• Picking periodmid-September
• Picking seasonLate
• Season of use1 week
• Food usesCulinary
• Cling-stoneClingstone
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1800 - 1849
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourBlue - dark

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