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Jubilee

Jubilee (also known as Jubileum) is best thought of as an improved Victoria plum.  Like Victoria, it excels as a culinary plum, but it is arguably superior for eating fresh.

The fruit is larger and a slightly darker red than Victoria.

Jubilee plum trees for sale (2010/2011 season)

Deliver to mainland UKDelivery to the mainland UK (price includes delivery)

Mature height Supplied as *Delivery
period		 Price
inc. delivery		 Quantity
Medium (2.5m - 3m) 1-year - Bare-root - Pixy rootstock Nov-March £32.00
Medium (2.5m - 3m) 1-year - 3L container - Pixy rootstock Sept-April £32.00 No stock
Medium (2.5m - 3m) 2-year - 12L container - Pixy rootstock Sept-April £39.00 No stock
Large (3m - 3.5m) 1-year - Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock Nov-March £32.00
Large (3m - 3.5m) 2-year - 12L container - St.Julien rootstock Sept-April £39.00 No stock
Large (3m - 3.5m) Half-standard - Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock Nov-March £37.00

Product formats | Bare-root or Container-grown | Delivery | Rootstocks

All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

*Delivery period: Container-grown trees will be delivered from September 2010. Bare-root trees will be delivered from mid-November 2010. You can order now and your items will be reserved for you, but you will not be asked to pay until nearer the time of delivery.



Uses

  • Flavour quality - Very good
  • Flavour style - Sweeter
  • Good for eating fresh
  • Good for cooking
  • Cooking result - Puree
  • Picking season - Mid-season
    Slightly earlier than Victoria
  • Use / keeping - 1-3 days

Growing

  • Cropping - Heavy
  • Fertility - Self-fertile
  • Flowering group - 3
  • Gardening skill - Easy
  • Disease resistance - Average
  • Vigour - Vigourous

Climate

Pollination partners for Jubilee

Jubilee is in flowering group 3. It is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner. The following varieties will pollinate Jubilee:

Important: advice about pollination


How to grow Jubilee plum trees

Jubileum is similar to Victoria in that it crops very heavily, and is self-fertile, but it is more disease-resistant.

Historical details

From Sweden, sometimes known as Jubilee, but not to be confused with the plum variety also called Jubilee and raised by Laxton Brothers nursery in 1905.