You may be able to Google it or find details on their site. The "Queen of Lorraine" produced in the orchards in the Meuse Hills can be seen out in the open air or in distilleries. I think unless you live in the highlands you should be fine, especially with the weather you sometimes get at the end of May/early June. fooled me. What mess. Does anyone have any ideas. I have tried growing Green Gage plums here in the Lower Hudson Valley and would really like to grow the Metz variety of Mirabelle plum for cooking. Are shades of grape, eggplant, lavender and plum the most daring colors for a home’s exterior? Go to a paint website and use their room painters where you can upload pictures of your rooms or use their stock photos, and try out the different shades of gray and plum. As the fruit ripen, their flesh becomes soft and juicy and grows extremely sweet. I think I'll give it a try with 3 or 4 varieties to start. Didn't know the name until you wrote this. I was reliably informed by the staff that it grows and fruits in the UK ALTHOUGH the person i spoke to hasn't had any this year due to an April frost which affected the flowers. I took some home. It was Alabaster she was looking for so she could send a basket of them with the bride and groom on their honey moon. Plum Hill you are right, I found the same information, however, there was a second source that said The American mirabelle was probably a cross between a wild plum and an un-named plum of French origin. Oh well. Mirabelle plum is a plum variety among the most delicate. What Do They Taste Like? We have just discovered a plum tree growing wild in Quorn (Leics. as you can see we love our colors :). How this thread delights me. I will have my first large crop on my three trees this year. I'll leave it until the birds have finished nesting & then attack it in the early autumn. The staff there were considerably underwhelmed when I mentioned the fruit was delicious. The Mirabelle de Nancy is a better fresh eating plum, but I eat them both from the tree. 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'. Mike, I'm working- got over 150 feet of driveway and other shoveling to do. Thanks. Then it's not Mirabelle, please post picture with size and cut open so we can help you better. I'd love to harvest them and not just let them waste. De Metz is smaller and ripening is very prolonged so I like American best and Nancy next but since they ripen at different times I grow both. Jam is a relativity low margin item, and our season ends sometime in October (depending on ripening) so late ripening jam fruit would have to be mostly wholesaled or frozen to use in the early summer (jam is best made fresh). [unless it is a standard one and the Thames Valley is just imparting its magic?] I'm in the process of painting my house, and found that one of the colors I'm using in the bedroom doesn't go with the wood trim so I just spend an hour or so mixing and matching all the paints I've tried to come up with a color I like. You know the ingredients, the measures and the preparation by rote. AM Leonard sells an Italian double bladed pruner that makes perfect cuts for performing these grafts but I used to do it with a Felco. Mirabelle Plums. I suppose it's about RELIABLE fruiting in wet, cold weather and size of fruit in a successful horticultural setting. So I suspect the fruit simply isn't getting enough sunlight to ripen. I'm currently trying to grow from a plum pip as I want one in the back of my garden for me and kids. The Nancy type is better for tarts and eating fresh. Hi there. If you do get fruit it will all happen over a very short time (2-3 weeks) and you will get a LOT. Whilst out walking yesterday I came across the same tree but the ground around it was littered with yellow fruit with a strong smell of plums. Yeah most low acid fruits are not appealing to me. Have only seen them in italy. I have frozen raw before but find it can sometimes make the skin tough on defrosting. Most paint manufacturers have tools to help you see what a color will look like on your house, although they can be some work to fiddle around with to get the masks right. I would like to buy a plum tree. I brought some stones from these that I had eaten in France back to the UK. MIRABELLE We have included Mirabelle here for a couple of reasons firstly because it is so easy to grow in the UK, so easy in fact that it is often found growing wild. Hi Hedgehogg - well, after some research, i've found your plums. Intensely fruity, harmonious and refined, it wows with its incomparable taste. H-man, my grandmother had a Damson and greengage of some sort and made the best Damson plum jam I ever ate. I have goggled because I found one at Bridgmere garden centre (now unfortunately owned by wyevale) near nantwich yesterday. Ugh. How do you prune them? Wish much of the land in Nappa and Sonoma used for grapes was growing plums, peaches, nectarines and apricots instead, like it was when I was a boy there. I have been doing some research and have landed up onthis site. They are known for being sweet and full of flavour. But there is a trick. H-man, The mirabelle is a culinary prize because they are grown in France and the French so deemed the plum exquisite. Mrs. G. Due to my limited space and my unlimited desire to have all kinds of trees in my small yard, I will need to narrow my E. plum to a few. I would suggest American Mirabelle or Nancy as the best. I tried searching for information on the net about the differences between Mirabelles and Plums but I just kept getting more and more confused. My orders just came from Raintree, now I had 2 parfume de September plums and Reine de mirabelle plum so excited to wait for fruiting. I suspect you can't purchase ripe Damsons anywhere in this country. The depth of the knowledge and detail that goes into growing good fruit is fascinating. H-Man this is an easy one. Although paint can help, the door style will always look not quite right with the rest of the house. I'm in France three times a year. 4. I hope pic portrays right. The fruit is primarily used in fruit preserves and dessert pies, and its juice is commonly fermented for wine or distilled into plum brandy. The Mirabelle plum, also known by the species namePrunus insititia, originated from Asia, but also is widely grown in France. The process is easy and there are recipes on the internet. I have a question about my Mirabelle plums. Thank you all for the useful information. EM is not prone to cracking or much to brown rot either- usually ripens before the really hot humid weather. But Lorraine inhabitants like to link the Mirabelle with the "Princess Mira" legend. Whether they will produce fruit in my cold wet scottish garden remains to be seen but its worth a go. I have had troubles getting my Mirabelles to fruit, mostly related to planting them far too closely and not knowing how to prune them for several years. My arms are so tired from shoveling snow. They are very susceptible to black knot, brown rot, crack it conditions are wet near harvest, and the wasps and bugs love them as well. 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. 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. By the way, we are getting snowed in for about 10-12". Here is some advice about the traditional use of Mirabelle plums in Georgia. However, eating off the tree is another story completely. Mirabelle plums are the sweetest of all plum varieties. I have three varieties of marabella growing in my garden in cambs and one is the small yellow variation and has been here for the past 50 years so yes they grow here very well you are welcome to some stones if you like or come and pick them. Phew! Anyone any idea what this July ripening one is? I have an established Mirabelle Plum/Prune tree in my Garden In Bawtry, South Yorks. I could grow them myself, maybe. Good luck with it, the fruit yield might not be huge, but it is fun to have something that most people just regard as a hedge! Anyone have any experience combating this? It is really too bad that it take 4-6 years for a Euro plum to start fruiting. Worth the effort/. I live in Edinburgh and have just planted a 1year old Mirabelle de Nancy tree in our back garden in February. So far I've never seen any cambium wounds on any of the trees I manage, but I don't manage many. The Metz type is smaller, less hard, and less sweet, and has no small red spots on the skin. pollination for de Nancy, please? That was 17 years ago. BTW, my grandmother's mid-century modern house had a limed oak slab front door with a plain sidelight and it looked great and has held up well for more than 50 years. Tree is now about 12 ft high and has had a tough time surviving being nibbled by cows. Grows on You is a community for gardeners. "Mirabelle" -- the yellow plum, the prune plum, the European plum, the brandy plum -- and most definitely the sweet plum (Prunus domestica subsp. What can I do with a glut of mirabelle plums? My main focus is for fresh eating. Mrs. G,, how would you compare the flavor of Damson to the mirabelles as preserves and in tarts? I've never eaten a Mirabelle, so must plead absolute ignorance, but of plums I've tried, Damson seems best for cooking- its astringency becomes an asset once the plum is cooked. It is believed that this generous, pretty Princess lived in a beautiful castle in the so-called "Pays de Nied". Everything about the tree seems minature. My dad planted it many years ago and he always referred to it as an Asian plum. :) 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 . Thank you so much. White Stag, one of the big winners at that test was only 7 years old so the vines of its winning entry must have been only 3 or 4 years old. While many gardeners may be left wondering why are Mirabelles banned in the U.S., this is mainly due to difficulties related to importing high quality, fresh products. They are a 'specialty-delicacy' plum. Eat what you can fresh, make some into tarts (open with pastry and just some sugar glaze) and turn the rest into the most delicious jam you have ever tasted (promise). 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. We could do a straight swap. I'll email you my address with the info you need. Our snow starts tonight. UK is full of mirabell trees.The trees have red leaves and then have red fruit.there are green ones as well. 63 Mirabelle plum … I like all of them. Mrs. G. They do look interesting. red one been and gone lovely fruit .. But I eat both right off of the tree and am in heaven. On another site the owner had me cut her Green Gage down because she didn't like the fruit- it was also at a site with limited sun. http://www.crestviewdoors.com/ Crestview has a nice line of modern-type doors and even do-it-yourself kits to customize a slab door. 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. I have tried googling but cant find any so far. They are called 'tkemali' in Georgian and savoury sause made from them is popular not just in Georgia, but in many Eastern European countries, especially in Russia where mainly Georgian cuisine is used. They aren't ready until sometime Sept here. They sound like the kids will love them. After all they are a plum. I've tried searching the net but I get a lot of cocktail recipes which I donàt really want. The process is easy and there are recipes on the internet. My parents have a damson plum tree and I always thought it was a shame that they were so bitter. « I would like to buy a plum tree. Success! We used Kilner jars as bottles have thin necks and it is a chore and a half to get the fruit through the gap. They are very sweet and aromatic when ripe. The Mirabelle Plum Queen Three hours in a car feels like a long time when there is nothing to see besides the grass hills that seem to roll on forever. For example, when they are unripe, mirabelles are extremely sour-tasting which indicates that they are a rich source of in vitamin C, one of the most potent natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents. Otherwise measure carefully so that it will fit. The fruit is small and yellow/orange. With the absence of cobblestone and buildings that are packed tightly together, the countryside did not resemble Paris in the slightest. You can make jam, compote or delicious mirabelle plum cake. Until recently, I truly believed, there really was no way of telling until you eat them. They are my all time favorite plum. Another point: remove the stones from the Mirabelle plums (I was told by wise boyfriend that they contain Arsenic). The fruit is primarily used in jams and pies, and its juice is commonly fermented for wine or distilled into plum brandy. I do know that Konrad, way up north in Canada has grafted branches of Mirabelles. Wait, it may not be about he age of the vines at all. 500g sugar to 1 kilo stoned fruit). I'm hoping EM is an exception as advertised by Hilltop (when they used to carry it). Other wet years my Valor plums have been unaffected in any way, still getting up high brix along with no big rot issues or cracking. The vines were too young, the 'terroir' took time to correct and the best vintners had not yet been hired. The fruiting spurs and the small white flowers. I also attached swatch cards. biased? Has anybody tried one of these? They are a tiny French plum that are very sweet and perfume-like in flavor (to me). Hello, we grow mirabelles, De Metz, Nancy, American, Geneva 858, and ordered a Parfume de September for this spring to extend the season. MrsG and Hman, we make so much jam already I really do not need another jam type. They show up late at the markets in Paris, but stick around longer, overlapping with apples and pears, which arrive in early fall. This is a naturally occurring trait specific to this cultivar. In France greengages are known as Reines Claudes. Like everybody else have had a bumper crop this year so far collected 6 or 7 pounds still more to come. :). This area in France made famous by 'quiche' is also famous for mirabelle plums. I guess I should make an on-topic comment.. one thing I found about the few Mirabelle fruits I got was they were very low in acid, and I didn't find them nearly as exciting as the Japanese plums. Discover all the secrets of the mirabelle with a walk among the flowering orchards or try it in a unique recipe. We use to just have to wait for the backhoe to come which was the better part of a week.. no fun! Record the plants in your garden, share your photos, and make like-minded friends. I think wood about the diameter of a cheap BIC pen to be the perfect size. All I really don't need is another plum tree, that would make six, but I'd really love a Damson too. Mrs G refers to it as their perfume. (And boy, are they delicious!) 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. So just to let the reader know when I am saying something "tongue in cheek" or not meant as a serious comment etc. It is like a symphony, if the pieces fall together its magnificent. The story on this side is that they had to be tricked into comparing theirs to ours in a blind taste comparison before they could "taste" the value of wine from CA. 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. It's in the same vein as Pacifica's fruity perfumes, yet the floral notes make it more sophisticated. This post was edited by MrsG47 on Thu, Feb 13, 14 at 17:49, "the benefit of the astringency was very apparent". So now I am on an exciting voyage of discovery and just beginning to find out what is possible with these. Lorraine is the only region in the world with such a high density of mirabelle plum trees. I think it's going to take another 4 years to fruit though. I, as most others, had no clue. The plum itself is rumoured to have arrived in Lorraine in the 15th century, courtesy of Duke René I, who returned from a crusade with a few stashed in his pockets and proceeded to plant them around Metz. The plums are absolutely delicious - every success in growing some! American MirabelleSmall sweet, golden yellow damson, flavor very good fresh and culinary use, season early, resembles mirabelle, but much larger. 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. This liqueur can be drunk pure, as a kir or in a cocktail and is served fresh. Well after posting I went out for another look. Check the temperatures in Metz or Nancy France to see if your climate will work. The tree flowers early and so far has been a victim of late frosts. I am collecting like crazy and, so far, aside from eating fresh, have made numerous batches of plum ketchup, plum jam and plum and chilli sauce. As far as which tree to graft to, I'd either use the most vigorous one (surprised if that's the Italian) or the one with more fruit than I can use in its season. The ones I can find advertised by nurseries are late august or September harvesting so I think must be different. Enjoy these amazing Mirabelle plum recipes. Painting the frames will help too--just be sure to do it all the way around. Thanks Plum, I'm becoming curious enough to give them a spin- you want some Earli-magic wood, right? I can see why your son loves them - good luck with growing them! But if any single part is off, the symphony is flat. Sound is very interesting, is it possible for you to load some pictures Rhonda. I also have gluts of zucchini, french beans, … The small fruit with a slight reddish blush is popular for making eau-de-vie in France. Researchers started to breed it with other plums and new varieties came out with thicker skin, harder flesh, and produce far more but, for someone like me who knows the true taste of a mirabelle, the new one is very poor. Some exceptions. 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. Last fall a Lady came looking for plums she had at a wedding reception at a fancy resort whom we wholesale to because she had never had such a good fruit. Oh man this makes me so excited that I've got a Mirabelle de Nancy in the ground. I got my American Mirabelle from Grin 15 years ago or so. The fruit is primarily used in jams and pies, and its juice is commonly fermented for wine or distilled into plum brandy. 'what are the yellow fruit laden on trees and lying on the ground by wasteground?' But mainly DAMP! Mirabelles have been 'un-obtainium' here in the US for years (the Metz and Nancy) varieties. A passing gardener, from the nearby allotments, said it is known locally as a Syston plum. Thus, it's best if I could maximize the pollination possibility. They taste sweet and are reminiscent of plums. poppyseed 9 hours ago . As in grape vines and soil, the 'terroir' is of most importance. What color should I paint the front door? They are a 'specialty-delicacy' plum. Welcome! 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). I am interested in Mirabelle de Nancy and Parfume de September. You want wood of scion to be same diameter as water sprout you are grafting to- for the water sprout you are cutting to thicker wood while with the scion you will be cutting up stem so it will be getting thinner. A top 5 nursery by Garden Watchdog for hardy fruit trees. Once you get the knack of making sorbet or ice cream, you don’t need a recipe. We could only reach a small percentage of the plums and I've yet to decide what to do with them! They’re much smaller. 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. Presented in its branded box they do not need a pollenator. good luck. 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. It is best to store them in a refrigerator or cool place and use them quickly. Japanese plums are not as interesting to me in the kitchen, although the red-fleshed ones are spectacular as sauce or preserves. Yesterday I picked about 3lbs of plums which I believe are Mirabelle from a tree growing wild near Weston-super-Mare. Scott, Mirabelles are not acidic, they are a sweet, sugary fruit. Then, as dehydrated and canned treats over winter. Maybe the perfume of the mirabelles is easier to remember though. The Mirabelle de Metz is primarily yellow and makes great jam. I am happy to see they have become so popular. I hope the italian prune and the bavay gage I've got adjacent can accomplish pollination goals. syriaca), is the edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the genus Prunus. My favorite fruits are plums, which, confusingly for anglophones, are called prunes, in French, or pruneaux, when they are dried. Google works. It was Scott who pointed out that Golden Delicious is their cooking apple of choice, currently though not historically. Mirabelle plum has a delicate taste, both sweet and slightly tart. The mirabelle plum is identified by its small, oval shape, smooth-textured flesh, and especially by its dark yellow colour which becomes flecked in appearance. I didn't know they were edible until some french friends came to stay and exclaimed how lucky we were to have mirabelle plums. 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'm interested in cherry plums and hybrids of them, but don't really know much about them.Also wanted to mention Grandpa's Orchard has Damson on Marianna 2624 for $23.99. The fruit can also be frozen provided it is lightly cooked first. Mrs. G. Yes,...Mrs.G is bang on with the info.I have a top grafted branch producing for around 10 years now,.. this is the Nancy, very sweet! Hello gardeners1 Came in to this site because I LOVE Mirabelles.Reliably sweet and juicy, which is what I want from a plum.I came across it in a clients' garden in Lewisham , London. yellow later .... again lovely fruit . 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'. Mrs. G. I planted a Reine de Mirabelle from Raintree last year. Haven't you ever heared of mirabelle liqueur in Austria? 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. 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. Thanks everyone you have been so kind i have found them on a mail order nursery and im going to order a mirabelle de nancy and a victoria plum. 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. Metz makes the very best jam. Will my Italian Prune Plum be the best candidate? Thats the only reason why I bought a snow blower, the plows here can't handle our hilly street when there is more than 3-4 inches on it. Mrs. G. Thank you Mrs. G for a very thorough explanation- perfumed with a mother's pride, although I trust your evaluation. I have not only three Mirabelles, I also have the other French and Belgian favorite a Reine Claude, and lastly an Italian plum prune, so my pollination is excellent. I have a very small courtyard garden, somehow I have to find a way to grow them in Wales. We can always get some fruit but we need to pay attention to the detail to get a fruit we are proud of. Any more tips out there? Not to say they don't have problems. 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