A Plum Job for Lovers of the Pershore Egg ; the Plum Bites Back ... Richard Mccomb Reports On a Worcestershire Gem's Bitter-Sweet Struggle for Survival

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Had George Crooke, seedsman and landlord of the Duck Inn, not gone out for a stroll in Tiddesley Wood, the world would have been a poorer, not to say less sweet, place.

It was while rummaging through the trees, on the outskirts of Pershore, possibly walking his dog, that Crooke came across an unusual seedling, probably the product of a smattering from the skies, several months before, from an over-flying bird.

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A Plum Job for Lovers of the Pershore Egg ; the Plum Bites Back ... Richard Mccomb Reports On a Worcestershire Gem's Bitter-Sweet Struggle for Survival

Crooke's Tiddesley find, in 1827, would lead to the birth of the Pershore Egg, which wasn't an egg at all, but a plum.

And thus was a soft fruit dynasty born.

The publican's son, Thomas Crooke was responsible for developing the widespread cultivation of the "egg" across the district. By 1833, plums were everywhere and the blue touch-paper for Pershore's plum explosion had been lit.

Bid a lip-smacking welcome to the Pershore Purpl...

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