Britain's favourite plum is Victoria. When left to ripen on the tree, the plump, oblong fruit have brick-red skins and sweet, juicy, amber flesh. Sadly, most Victoria plums are sold barely half-ripe.

There are a few plum trees that work well as fruit trees to grow in pots. In particular, compact varieties like 'Blue Tit', ...

But it’s the ‘Victoria’ plum, named after the eponymous queen, that’s the most ubiquitous of all. With its suitably regal purple skin and mellow yellow flesh, the fruit played a bittersweet role in my ...

Photo: Tony Gavin Perhaps the most autumnal fruit of all, even in colour ... From the golden yellow and pink-fleshed Victoria plums to the deep blood-red prunus salicina, also known as Japanese ...

But the other is a large and often abundant tree—an old Victoria plum or ... under the weight of the fruit. When I first moved here, having never had a plum tree before, I was rather overwhelmed ...

It commemorates the revered locomotive and the use of the line in days gone by to bring people fruit and ... annual Pershore Plum festival The train will carry the the Queen Victoria and Pershore ...