Prunus domestica L. (P. communis sensu Bab. pro parte) subsp. domestica subsp. italica (Borkh.) Hegi (Greengage) First record: Henslow, 1821 Prunus communis g P. domestica Linn. Bab.1860. 25 Hayley Wood; Newbould. Bab.1860,66. SE corner of Buff Wood, 283.501, DE Coombe, 6.9.1987, CGE. Bush by Hayley Lane, by W side of the gate of the cottage, 294.534, PD Sell 82/11, 22.4.1982, CGE. 34 subsp. domestica, Bassingbourn, 32-44-, PD Sell, 1953. subsp. italica, Bassingbourn, 32-44-, PD Sell, 1953. Drift, just N of end of Mill Homes, Bassingbourn, 327.439, PD Sell 82/4, 13.4.1982, CGE. N side of road between Boy Bridge and Abington Pigotts, 315.451, PD Sell 82/5, 13.4.1982, CGE. Bassingbourn, coming out with leaves, PD Sell, 5.3.1990. Bassingbourn, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. subsp. italica (Borkh.) Hegi, Planted along by Fen River, N side of Three-cornered Field, by Fen Road, Bassingbourn, 325.452, PD Sell 91/41, 15.4.1991, CGE. Near NW corner of Three-cornered Field, by Fen Road, Bassingbourn, 324.452, PD Sell 91/42, 15.4.1991, CGE. Croydon to Croydon Hill, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Meldreth, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Kneesworth, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. subsp. domestica, Hedge on north side of track to Litlington chalk-pit, 318.418, Fruiting profusely. Fruit 26–30 x 26–30 mm, broadly ellipsoid, flattened at top, rounded at base, reddish-black with a blue bloom, with insipid and greenish-yellow flesh, slightly tart. Stone c. 14 x 11 mm, flattened. Colour print (519) 18. PD Sell 92/232, 10.9.1992, CGE. Shepreth, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Shingay, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Wendy, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. 35 Arrington, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Barrington, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. subsp. domestica, From the moat at Croydon Wilds, 304.515, O Rackham, 3.10.1982, CGE. Great Eversden, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. By a gap in the hedge, Cranes Lane, Kingston, (3 trees 1 km from nearest house), 337.536, R Payne & G Crompton, 2.9.1987, CGE. Harlton; Newbould. Bab.1860,66. Very fine in hedge near Harlton, JSL Gilmour, 1930. Harlton, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Lords Bridge, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Orwell, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Wimpole, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. In Old Wimpole and from Arrington to Croydon, flowering, PD Sell, 24.3.1990. 36 Elsworth; Newbould. Bab.1860,66. 38 Chatteris, AF.cat.; CEM.ann. Wood Farm, AF.cat. 44 subsp. domestica 'Early Laxton' Hedge on N. side of Icknield Way, between the Great Chishill & Heydon roads, Cambridge, 414.419, PD Sell 87/292, 18.8.1987, CGE. 45 subsp. domestica, Top of the hill at E entrance to Barton by the village sign, 417.562, PD Sell 87/22 and LC Nicol, 23.4.1987, CGE. Barton, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Coton, [collected as P.domestica?], CC Babington, 11.5.1838, CGE. Harston, CEM.ann. Hinton, ES Marshall, 10.6.1885, CGE. Cherryhinton, quite well naturalized, EF Warburg, 9.8.1936, CGE. Grantchester, CC Babington, 4.1831, CGE. Grantchester, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Haslingfield, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. Shelford. Bab.ann.Relhan,196. Prunus domestica Plum-tree. Shelford. Relhan,1820. Shelford!; Henslow. Bab.1860,66. subsp. italica (Borkh.) Hegi, N side of track E of road between Stapleford and Wandlebury, Stapleford Parish (one old tree) 486.522, JR Akeroyd & CD Preston, 29.8.1987, CGE. Prunus domestica. Plum-tree. In a large pasture between Trumpington Ch. & the river. 1835,Coleman(a),58. Trumpington, flowering, PD Sell, 23.3.1990. 46 Prunus domestica Plum-tree. Impington. Relhan,1820. Impington. Bab.ann.Relhan,196. Impington; Henslow. Bab.1860,66. Prunus domestica Plum-tree. Chesterton. Relhan,1820. Chesterton, JS Henslow, 11.4.1821, CGE. Chesterton. Henslow ann. l:196. Chesterton, [collected as P. insititia], CC Babington, 8.5.1838, CGE. Chesterton; Henslow. Bab.1860,66. Milton, GMS Easy, n.d. 47 Haddenham, AF.ann. 48 Dean Drove, AF.cat. 54 Linton, [collected as P. insititia], CC Babington, 24.5.1837, CGE. 56 The plum tree (Prunus domestica) grows very abundantly in the hedges between Bottisham and Swaffham Bulbeck, and again between Swaffham Bulbeck and Swaffham Prior. At the last mentioned village it is to be found in several places.... [thinks it is probably native] Jenyns,JNH,24.4.1824. Devil's Ditch, Reach section, Cttee Walk, 6.1972. 57 Wicken, CEM.ann. 58 Cemetery hedge, Ely, 58K, RM Payne, 5.2002. 64 Olmstead Green, large number of bushes at end of hedge on S side of road, 631.410, AC Leslie, 9.10.1982. 65 Great Coven's Wood, AC Leslie, 1978. 66 Between Stetchworth and A.11, Devil's Ditch, Cttee Walk, 6.1973. 67 Green Hills, Soham, 60-72, old hedgerow, SM Walters, 6.6.1968. 68 subsp. italica, Little Ouse, ME Smith, et al., 1976. 40 Grays Moor Pit, 413.007, SM Walters, 15.8.1966.
