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    A gardener’s MISCELLANY

    Aug 23, 2022 4 minutes

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    It’s the Pershore Plum Festival!

    We look at all things related to Prunus domestica

    THIS weekend (27-29 August) Pershore in Worcestershire is turning a shade of reddish purple! It’s the weekend of the annual Pershore Plum Festival. It’s more of a fun weekend of games, food and entertainment – but plums play a part: one of the aims is to promote local plum production, including traditional and local varieties and methods. This part of Worcestershire has a long association with plums: the climate and soil are ideal.

    One particular variety (named ‘Pershore Plum’, but grown throughout the Vale of

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