Produces the largest fruit of any Mirabelle or Cherry Plum. The flesh dark red and has a peach-like flavour, and can be eaten fresh although like all mirabelles and cherry plums it is mainly used for cooking.
The large fruit size and red-flesh suggests that Ruby may have some relation to the popular Japanese plums.
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Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.
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Ruby is partially self-fertile, but fruiting will be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby.
Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.
More advice about pollination.
Grows in a more upright habit than other Mirabelles and Cherry Plums, more similar to a plum.
This variety is particularly suited to the UK climate.
As well as the pollination partners mentioned above, Ruby will also cross-pollinate with most early-flowering Plum and Damson varieties.
Planting instructions.
Pruning instructions.
