tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post4236379408081158320..comments2024-03-22T17:57:32.694+00:00Comments on mountainear: Send them Victoria's*mountainearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-59172828794346367412007-09-03T21:58:00.000+00:002007-09-03T21:58:00.000+00:00Wow!Our plum tree - a Czar - has been a major disa...Wow!<BR/><BR/>Our plum tree - a Czar - has been a major disappointment this year and it's usually so good. <BR/><BR/>I am very envious.Mutterings and Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-73890923152581159742007-09-02T21:14:00.000+00:002007-09-02T21:14:00.000+00:00Oh wow! We left behind two full size Victoria plu...Oh wow! We left behind two full size Victoria plums at our old house and I lament them greatly - THE most delicious plums. Now I wonder where I'd get one of your shorty ones - they make a lot more sense in a smaller garden. <BR/>jxxxExmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-37479665107421538422007-09-01T17:35:00.000+00:002007-09-01T17:35:00.000+00:00MMMMMMMM MMMM they look lovely....The name of tha...MMMMMMMM MMMM they look lovely....<BR/>The name of that village is llanrhaedr a mochnant, or something very similar...xxbodran...https://www.blogger.com/profile/11838798193878553386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-40999713361365635022007-09-01T13:16:00.000+00:002007-09-01T13:16:00.000+00:00P.S. Of course, you can, (as you have done) use it...P.S. Of course, you can, (as you have done) use it as a noun, in which case it's a straight suffix 's' to turn it into a plural.<BR/><BR/>Lizzie again!Chris at 'Chrissie's Kitchen'https://www.blogger.com/profile/00114973753249296715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-63972358766490683392007-09-01T07:18:00.000+00:002007-09-01T07:18:00.000+00:00I really like your blog, especially your garden ph...I really like your blog, especially your garden photos. I don't look nearly often enough. We are today turning plums and damsons in to chutney and gin! Something for everyone.occasional northernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937407254161207915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-19979708083355884602007-08-31T22:07:00.000+00:002007-08-31T22:07:00.000+00:00looks amazing. I planted a Victoria last November...looks amazing. I planted a Victoria last November so would be astonished and delighted if it managed to fruit next year. Had a lovely day with Bodran (Jo) today. are you still on for the 21st september? Maybe lunch at mine if you promise not to expect too much of my rather scruffy garden!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-46347147439175592912007-08-31T17:27:00.000+00:002007-08-31T17:27:00.000+00:00Victorias.Victorias.The Eyechildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845640351841347933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-30483436030241908252007-08-31T16:25:00.000+00:002007-08-31T16:25:00.000+00:00I'm a "Victoria plums" in their entirety girl, som...I'm a "Victoria plums" in their entirety girl, somehow never shorten to leave the plums behind. They look gorgeous.Mopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-23575259979046097272007-08-31T15:53:00.000+00:002007-08-31T15:53:00.000+00:00I favour "Victorias", but that is because I can be...I favour "Victorias", but that is because I can be pedantic about apostrophes, and especially the use of them by Greengrocers to indicate a plural....Totty Teabaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01303238370591634781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-5950144809055750552007-08-31T07:35:00.000+00:002007-08-31T07:35:00.000+00:00I think in this sense, Mountainear, 'Victoria' is ...I think in this sense, Mountainear, 'Victoria' is used as an adjective, so the proper & full term would be 'Victoria plums', as in 'red plums'. But of course, used, as it were correctly, you'd lose your rather clever pun!<BR/><BR/>Lizzie xChris at 'Chrissie's Kitchen'https://www.blogger.com/profile/00114973753249296715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-73815163892029661042007-08-31T06:40:00.000+00:002007-08-31T06:40:00.000+00:00Not sure about Victoria's but what a darling tree ...Not sure about Victoria's but what a darling tree all that fruit! We have what I suspect is a Victoria that was badly damaged by the Goats it's very thin and not very tall - about 12ft and laden! Last year we took 70lbs off it!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.com