One day, she offered an old woman hospitality and in return, the old lady (who was a fairy) transformed all the trees of the kingdom into magnificient, rich trees full of golden fruits. Thank you. Still no blossom though as has only been in for 18months - but we are ever hopeful about next year or the year after :-). today when walking my dog, i saw loads of cherry tomato sized yellow fruits on theground beneath a scrappy looking shrubby bush with beech leaf sized leaves. I hope pic portrays right. But mainly DAMP! No school, no work!!!. The mirabelle plum is recognizable by its small size and its beautiful yellow color, almost the same as the … Hi there. The plums are also excellent when eaten fresh. My dad planted it many years ago and he always referred to it as an Asian plum. Mrs. G. Plums are by nature a low acid fruit- just like pears. Can we grow them in uk? In France greengages are known as Reines Claudes. Shook one down & it tasted delicious. The fruits can be the colour of a nectarine, and also yellow varieties. Greengage plum is a green plum common in France. I have not fruited Geneva 858, I bought trees from Raintree which produced green plums (never turned yellow even when ripe), they replaced them and the new ones also produced green plums, so I grafted over them. My main focus is for fresh eating. Many thanks Mrs. G. Mrs. G, I will be more thorough on a direct e-mail but just in case anyone else is interested, I like to graft on water sprouts well positioned to become new scaffold branches, unless I'm changing over an entire tree, in which case I may use a low water sprout connected to the trunk to become the new trunk. Hope that helps, It is easy to do--basically you stain or paint the door the color you want and fill in the grain with colored wax--but it looks modern and marvelous. I tend to plant the most 'authentic' possible varitieties of Mirabelles, I can find. Sept. plums only cracked on me one year when we had a monsoon in Aug a couple of years ago when bottom land farmers along the east coast were all flooded and lost their crops to 3 weeks of continuous rain. The Mirabelle plum, also known by the species namePrunus insititia, originated from Asia, but also is widely grown in France. Plum Hill Farm knows their value, however, in never making jam or cooking with them, their true appreciation is diminished. Everything is cancelled here today and probably tomorrow too. Bluetits seem to love the tree presumably feeding on insects but I have also think they use the tree after a shower to preen using water droplets from leaves.The tiring work is collecting and preserving the fruit you can shake the tree or collect off the ground.I stone and freeze in 1lb bags then we make jam or pie filling or compote to go with meat dishes. Cutting open the soft skin reveals sweet amber flesh and a stone in the middle. Typically, they are used in dishes such as plum tarts as they don’t fall apart when baked or cooked. The mirabelles always produce the most fruit. Mirabelles have been 'un-obtainium' here in the US for years (the Metz and Nancy) varieties. I have a very small courtyard garden, somehow I have to find a way to grow them in Wales. California wines got a bad rap for a very long time. My arms are tired from blowing snow. They grow wild in the hedges in this part of Suffolk, and at the moment are just full of fruit. This yellow little round plum has made Lorraine its land of excellence. Going back out to finish the heavy stuff after this. . Does anyone know anything about mirabelle plums - small yellow plums the size of cherry tomatoes. I have an established Mirabelle Plum/Prune tree in my Garden In Bawtry, South Yorks. I am happy to see they have become so popular. I have a mirabelle plum tree in Cornwall. I took some home. There is a cherry plum in the graveyard at buscot [Wiltshire] that is really heavy cropping every year, in about late July. It is nine years old and very healthy in full sun. This area in France made famous by 'quiche' is also famous for mirabelle plums. For a branch, the water sprout may either be on the trunk or at the beginning of an existing branch. I've seen plants priced at an extortionate £45. If you are not comfortable hanging it yourself with shims and chiseling out your own hinges to match the frame, a skilled carpenter can help you out. It is just that special. Good luck! In addition to excellent taste, the plant also has excellent healing properties. Mirabelle Plum Jam has a beautiful flavour similar to apricot jam so is perfect as a breakfast preserve. I could grow them myself, maybe. Mrs. G. Mike, what do you plan to use the plums for? Mirabelle plums look similar to apricots as they have bright yellow-orangey skins. They have a perfume to them that other plums do not, which is why they are added to grain alcohol to make 'mirabelle eau de vie'. American MirabelleSmall sweet, golden yellow damson, flavor very good fresh and culinary use, season early, resembles mirabelle, but much larger. If they are vinyl, that might not be the best option though. Warning mine has vicious spikes about 2" long a bit like some blackthorn bushes. The yellow egg plum, also known by the species name Prunus domestica, may be found in either purple or yellow and is quite common in Europe and North America. I did also get the Home Depot BM colors and applied those last minute so those are the circles. Oh man this makes me so excited that I've got a Mirabelle de Nancy in the ground. Well we live in the highland perthshire (850ft above sea level with extremely sandy/stoney soil) and got a Mirabelle de Nancy from blackmoor in nov 07. They are a 'specialty-delicacy' plum. Please let us know if you find one, won't you! Success! The more vigorous the tree you are grafting to usually leads to the more vigorous graft if the graft takes well and is in position for lots of light. We could do a straight swap. It is like a symphony, if the pieces fall together its magnificent. I had a bit of a hack & some of the ivy stems are nearly an inch thick. The plums are absolutely delicious - every success in growing some! It is tedious to remove the pits but well worth the work. biased? At the time there was passport info saying it was an American cross (not French), but since then GRIN has moved to a tree from Todd Kennedy with no passport info. The great thing about doing this is that you can also modify the paint color if you don't like it so you can see how other shades work. Thats all I know. 3. All prunus species( plums, apricots peaches, etc) are prone to Curly leaf disease and therefore benefit from an umbrella like see-through covering of some kind around February and flowering time which needsto come off during the day for polination. Record the plants in your garden, share your photos, and make like-minded friends. This fascinates me. As much as I respect Scott's opinion on all things fruit (and most other things he's ever revealed here) I am intrigued that the French consider the Mirabelles an ideal culinary plum- they do have access to the full range of wonderful plums. Thank you all . If you like Mirabelles, there is another plum with similar flavor but much larger called Alabaster, a yellow French plum also available from GRIN which is very popular here. Reading about Cineraria (Dusty Miller) in my Dr.D.G. Our list view below allows you to see multiple options at a glance and let your taste buds be the judge. The plum is larger than a sweet cherry. It is best to store them in a refrigerator or cool place and use them quickly. :) the three bedrooms that are next to each other one accent wall in each and all 3 walls will be visible from the walkway/corridor - http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/newtgreen, http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/lemonmeringue#ce_s=lemon & http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/plumroyale#ce_s=plum%20royale . If you do want to try it, though, bear in mind that it is very strong smelling, to say nothing of tasting. I think 'wines' needs its own forum! Astringency is not the same as acidity although it interferes with the sense of sweetness in a similar way and the negative aspect of it is nullified by the additional sugar used in preserves and other deserts, turning it into an advantage. I am hoping they go well here but my site is quite windy. I forget when, several years ago probably, but the RHS magazine had a feature on them, well, on identifying small plums. Most of the plums that you see in Paris markets aren't the tart varieties that are eaten out I'm currently trying to grow from a plum pip as I want one in the back of my garden for me and kids. By the way, we are getting snowed in for about 10-12". At a site with dawn to dusk sun that I manage, the GGs are amazing- not better than Valor to my palate but more distinctive visually for sure and more distinctive taste-wise from prune-plums, which have a certain sameness to them. Anyone out there who can help???? It's your lucky day hedgehogg. These are marvellous plums and I look forward to the harvest every year. Its really amusing, but that simple and that true. Nancy also is yellow but has a red blush and red specks on it. ... My parents had new neighbours and on introducing himself my father was asked if he’d like any of the ripening plums that were weighing down 5 trees in their garden. Raintree said de Nancy needs cross pollination but Parfume is self fertile. What mess. . You can buy them much cheaper - Botanica and Crown Nurseries in Suffolk sell them, but you might also find them in any nursery growing and selling hedging plants. They are that special. H-man, yes to all of the above. There is an American mirabelle (supposedly an old offshoot of a plum originally from France) and the Geneva Mirabelle created at the Geneva station here in the US. Google works. In fact it looked more like a tree fern! Yes, it is! They are much larger than what I am reading here.<. Recently, however, I found out that there are others around (including one in the local park - discovered when I saw all its fruit lying on the ground). Mirabelle plums are the least showy of all the plum family; not big and blousy like the Victoria plum or with a deep, dusky colour as damsons are – they are small with a … We could only reach a small percentage of the plums and I've yet to decide what to do with them! Its flavor is finer than that of plum. I'll leave it until the birds have finished nesting & then attack it in the early autumn. Though it is possible to grow Mirabelle plums in the home garden, true Mirabelle fruit (grown in France) will not be found in the United States due to bans on the import of the fresh fruits. [unless it is a standard one and the Thames Valley is just imparting its magic?] The flowers (like all plums) are very sensitive to frost so you better hope you dont get too many late frosts. 1 producer of mirabelles in the world. So the question (eventually!) They are so much different then the ones I chose saturday. Glad to be of help. Picture above is the real Mirabelle. The Metz type is smaller, less hard, and less sweet, and has no small red spots on the skin. Mine have taken four years to just start fruiting. This post was edited by mes111 on Wed, Feb 12, 14 at 7:49, Hi Mike, Terra Madre sells mirabelle. An entire region in France has devoted itself and prided itself, in growing the finest and largest amount of Mirabelle plums in the world. I am interested in Mirabelle de Nancy and Parfume de September. My Mirabelle tarts has every european pal oohing and ahhing every fall. Worth the effort/. If not, what other Mirablle will a good match re. People love them. You are not supposed to pick them but rather shake (gently) the tree and catch them in a net (an old bed sheet on the ground will do, or if the tree is on the lawn then that's fine too). Hope this encourages you to plant at least one! The tree is about 15 feet x 15 feet produces small golden cherry like fruit that are delicious. Making jam today. Thank you all for the useful information. good luck. Are they similar to the other mirabelles? as they are meditteranean. GRIN is the national "germ bank" for crops and plants. I suppose it's about RELIABLE fruiting in wet, cold weather and size of fruit in a successful horticultural setting. Prunus are held at Davis Ca. I love plums of a little sweeter variety, but those were just a … How Mirabelle Plums do remind me of pussy. I'll email you my address with the info you need. You can make jam, compote or delicious mirabelle plum cake. They taste sweet and are reminiscent of plums. My family are all buried in the graveyard, so I would love to have one - but it seems likely to take a very long time if I grow it from a pip. I also tasted quite a few Green Gage or Reine Claude this year and found it was a much better plum, apparently, when grown in absolute full sun. I make Mirabelle jam, that is as good as gold. It the size is not equal, make sure the cambium lines up on one side of the scion and sprout. and there are still more to pick. Superb crop here in Southern Scotland this year.The trees are in a community woodland area which was planted 60 years ago...both red cherry plums and mirabelles. I'm wondering if it isn't that leaf hoppers especially feed on it (should have mentioned before that they go after certain E plums but not Japs). As in grape vines and soil, the 'terroir' is of most importance. as you can see we love our colors :). That is a very distinctive plum but so much more finicky than other fine plums bred for our climate. They all bloom at the same time. It is also relatively easy to grow and extremely productive. If you like what you eat, please share your experience with us on our community and social media pages. 70% of global production comes from our region. I was brave enough to try one and it was superbly sweet and plum like. My arms are so tired from shoveling snow. I'm in France three times a year. 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