Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Merryweather is one of the best introductions to traditional damson-type plums. Self-fertile, vigorous and productive, it carries relatively large blue-black fruit. Fully ripe plums can be eaten fresh, but they are particularly valuable for jam, jelly, sauces, pies and liqueurs, where their characteristic acidity and rich damson aroma become much more expressive.

Merryweather

Price range: 26,50 € through 64,50 €

Merryweather is a traditional English damson cooking plum, self-fertile and easy to grow, suitable for most climates.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

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Myrobolan - mature height : 4 à 6m.

St-Julien A, - mature height : 3m.

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SKU: 17133 Category: Plum trees

Description

Merryweather is a traditional English damson – a type of plum used for cooking purposes. The fruit can be eaten fresh if left to hang on the tree, but damsons really come into their own for culinary use, where they can substitute for plums yet have a distinctive rich flavour.

Merryweather is a clingstone fruit – the stone is not easily parted from the flesh.

Merryweather is hardy tree suitable for most climates, but is particularly well-adapted to the climates of north western Europe, and is productive even when summers are cool and cloudy.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

England, early 20th century, introduced around 1907.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Origin and identity

Parentage

Seedling of Langley Bullace

Synonyms

Merryweather Damson

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Vigorous, robust, upright to spreading habit, very productive

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 3 - mid season.

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Additional variety information for Merryweather is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.