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Pollination of Opal plum trees

Opal (Prunus domestica)  is in flowering group 3. Opal is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Opal in our catalog

  • Bluebyrd

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    A late-season disease-resistant European plum with a dark blue skin and a sweet flavor.
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Not self-fertile
    • Picking: Late
    • Castletonin stock

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      A reliable early-season dual-purpose plum.
      • Flowering group: 3
      • Partially self-fertile
      • Picking: Early
      • Available rootstocks:
      • Vigorous
    • Count Althan's Gage

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      Count Althann's Gage, also known as Reine Claude Conducta, a true gage but with a richer and more plum-like flavor than other gages.
      • Flowering group: 4
      • Not self-fertile
      • Picking: Late
      • European Damson

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        A European-style Damson plum, with a traditional rich astringent flavor.
        • Flowering group: 3
        • Not self-fertile
        • Picking: Mid
        • Geneva Mirabelle

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          An American mirabelle, similar in style to the traditional French mirabelles.
          • Flowering group: 3
          • Not self-fertile
          • Picking: Mid
          • Old Green Gage

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            The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavored of any plum variety.
            • Flowering group: 3
            • Not self-fertile
            • Picking: Late
            • President

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              A late-season English dual-purpose plum, notable for heavy crops of large plums.
              • Flowering group: 3
              • Not self-fertile
              • Picking: Late
              • Rosy Gage

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                Rosy Gage is a sweet-flavored European-style plum ripening in late August.
                • Flowering group: 3
                • Not self-fertile
                • Picking: Mid
                • Victoria

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                  Victoria is a self-fertile English plum - attractive fruit, good for eating, and outstanding flavor for cooking.
                  • Flowering group: 3
                  • Good pollinator
                  • Self-fertile
                  • Picking: Mid
                  • Victory

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                    A very late ripening prune-style plum, and one of the largest-fruited of all plums.
                    • Flowering group: 4
                    • Not self-fertile
                    • Picking: Late