{"id":3577,"date":"2025-07-11T18:08:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:35:54","slug":"ripe-fruits-in-uk-early-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/ripe-fruits-in-uk-early-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripe Fruits in UK &#8211; Early July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are getting roasted today with a temperature of 34 deg C !!. Fruit crops are about 2 weeks early. Our hay crop was down by 43%, with many local farmers not getting a corn crop, due to early-season drought. Hosepipe bans are in many parts of the country. We are just not used to it.<\/p>\n<p>The first plum every year to be ripe is the &#8220;Gek&#8221;, a bright yellow coloured plum. It crops regularly with heavy crops that produce too many to eat. With a nice fresh, mildly sweet taste. Not particularly affected by any pests or diseases. It is a complex hybrid of Japanese, Chinese, Siberian, and cherry plums (Prunus cerasifera \u00d7 salicina \u00d7 ussuriensis \u00d7 simonii)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3583\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Plum - GEK\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5917-plum-GEK-20250709_103408-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plum &#8211; GEK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here we have the 2nd Plum to ripen, its a Mirabelle called Kuban Comet. It was developed in Russia by crossing cherry plum and Chinese plum, often just called a &#8220;Russian plum&#8221;. A nice balanced, sweet and tart flavour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3584\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mirabelle - Kuban Comet\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7670-mirabelle-comet-20250710_074949.jpg 1971w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirabelle &#8211; Kuban Comet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Followed by the 3rd ripening plum &#8220;Zurna&#8221;. A Large fruited hybrid of myrobalan ( Prunus cerasifera ), Japanese plum ( Prunus salicina ), Ussuri plum ( Prunus ussuriensis ), and Chinese plum (Prunus simonii). Very valuable for its high frost resistance and very good resistance to fungal diseases and large in size for early summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3582\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Plum - Zurna\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7943-plum-zurna-20250710_075139.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plum &#8211; Zurna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is one of the first real plums Prunus domestica (European plum) called &#8220;Malling Elizabeth&#8221;, but it could have done with another week to produce more sugars. Malling&#x2122; Elizabeth\u00ae is a modern British plum cultivar bred at the NIAB East Malling Research Centre in Kent. Released in 2022 to mark Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s Platinum Jubilee, it\u2019s a premium early-season dessert plum with strong ties to the popular Victoria variety.<\/p>\n<p>Not produced many fruits this year, but it is a very young tree. So in the future, it should bear heavily, which should be thinned to develop larger fruit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3581\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Plum - Malling Elizabeth\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8902-plum-malling-elizabeth-20250710_075322.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plum &#8211; Malling Elizabeth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Calypso or Kalipso is a modern European plum cultivar prized for its early ripening, vibrant colour, and excellent flavour. It\u2019s gaining popularity in the UK for both home gardens and commercial orchards. Originated in Poland and it is a cross between Opal and Lepotika. It consistently crops heavily every year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3580\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Plum - Calypso\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7034-plum-Calypso-20250710_075423.jpg 1651w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plum &#8211; Calypso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Certainly! The Mirabelle &#8216;Countess&#8217; is a modern cherry plum hybrid (Prunus \u00d7 cerasifera) developed in Ukraine around 1950, now gaining popularity in the UK for its ornamental beauty and dual-purpose fruit. Considering ours was planted in 2023, it produces heavily and consistently.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3579\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mirabelle - Countess\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8898-mirabelle-countess-20250710_075617.jpg 1966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirabelle &#8211; Countess<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bred in Ukraine in 2002 by crossing Obilnaya (Siberian plum) with Gibrid 2 (apricot). Could do with another week or two to bring out its flavour and sweetness, and for the red skin to change to dark purple and black. Been growing this from 2016, and is a consistent and heavy cropper. So much so they hang like grapes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3578\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5916-apricot-plum-globus-20250710_075828.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5916-apricot-plum-globus-20250710_075828-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Apricot\/Plum - Globus\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5916-apricot-plum-globus-20250710_075828-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5916-apricot-plum-globus-20250710_075828-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5916-apricot-plum-globus-20250710_075828-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5916-apricot-plum-globus-20250710_075828-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5916-apricot-plum-globus-20250710_075828.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apricot\/Plum &#8211; Globus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripe Fruits in UK &#8211; Early July 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1859,1894,1896,1897,1376,1898,868,1899,1369,1391,1371,1900,1901,1902,1014,1903,1904,1905,684,1906,1907,26,838,20,1908,817,1909,1393,1910,1911,1912,1913,975,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1238,1920,885,1921,1922,1923,441,1377,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,848,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,449,1937,1938,1939,844,1940,845,847,846,1941,77,445,1942,1943,1944,350,1945,663,1946,1947,1488,1948,1949,1493,1950,171,1951,1952,1895,1953,1492,1954,1955,447,1373],"class_list":["post-3577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fruit-and-nut-growing-experiences","tag-1859","tag-bred","tag-british","tag-british-plum","tag-calypso","tag-calypso-kalipso","tag-cerasifera","tag-cerasifera-salicina","tag-cherry-plum","tag-chinese","tag-chinese-plum","tag-chinese-siberian","tag-comet","tag-commercial","tag-complex","tag-complex-hybrid","tag-consistent-heavy","tag-consistently","tag-countess","tag-crops-heavily","tag-crops-regularly","tag-cross","tag-cultivar","tag-drought","tag-east-malling","tag-elizabeth","tag-elizabeth-ii","tag-european","tag-european-plum","tag-excellent-flavour","tag-gaining-popularity","tag-gaining-popularity-uk","tag-gek","tag-gibrid","tag-hay","tag-hay-crop","tag-heavily","tag-heavily-consistently","tag-heavy-cropper","tag-hosepipe","tag-hosepipe-ban","tag-hybrid","tag-hybrid-japanese","tag-hybrid-myrobalan","tag-hybrid-prunus","tag-japanese","tag-kalipso","tag-kuban","tag-kuban-comet","tag-lepotika","tag-malling","tag-malling-elizabeth","tag-mirabelle-called","tag-mirabelle-countess","tag-modern-british","tag-modern-european","tag-myrobalan","tag-myrobalan-prunus","tag-niab","tag-obilnaya","tag-obilnaya-siberian","tag-opal","tag-opal-lepotika","tag-plum-zurna","tag-poland","tag-prunus-cerasifera","tag-prunus-domestica","tag-prunus-salicina","tag-prunus-simonii","tag-prunus-ussuriensis","tag-queen-elizabeth","tag-red","tag-red-fleshed","tag-red-skin","tag-regularly-heavy","tag-russia","tag-russian","tag-russian-plum","tag-salicina","tag-salicina-ussuri","tag-salicina-ussuriensis","tag-siberian","tag-siberian-cherry","tag-siberian-plum","tag-simonii","tag-sugars","tag-sweet","tag-sweet-tart","tag-sweet-taste","tag-ukraine","tag-ussuri-plum","tag-ussuriensis","tag-ussuriensis-chinese","tag-ussuriensis-simonii","tag-yellow","tag-zurna"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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