16 August 2012
PLUM FESTIVAL FINALE TO FEATURE LARGEST VARIETY OF PLUMS
Ham-strung by the bad weather since it launched in July, the bad weather
will prove to be the making of the Pershore Plum Festival’s 2012 closing
ceremony. The festival’s Grand Finale, which runs over the entire August
Bank Holiday weekend, will feature the largest selection of plum varieties
ever, thanks to our terrible summer.
By the end of August, most varieties of plums have been and gone. This year,
the persistent rain has slowed the plumripening process down by several
weeks.
Visitors to the Festival will now be able to sample varieties including
Victoria Plums, Pershore Purple Plums, Pershore Yellow Egg Plums and Czar
Plums. Commenting on this result, organiser Angela Tidmarsh, said:
“Pershore feels like it’s won its own Olympic Gold For the first time ever,
the Festival will feature all the different types of plums Pershore
produces. However, there won’t be the quantity available so it will be a
case of first come, first serve.
We’re not sure whether this blessing is down to the weather or our
newly-appointed plum charmer who has been playing music to the plums as they
ripen”.
The town’s shops, markets, pubs, restaurants and people all get into the
Plum Festival spirit over the Bank Holiday weekend offering a variety of
plum products for sale and on their menus.
Pershore becomes a sea of purple and most of the thousands of visitors who
visit the Festival join in the fun by wearing purple from head to toe.
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