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Even southern England didn't really have the climate to guarantee ripe fruit every year, of the species that survived the last Ice Age at much more southern latitudes. Hence the concerted efforts of those, (in the UK in the Georgian & Victorian eras), with the land, money & time to develop varieties better suited to the UK's weather.
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My mum always told me to wait for the first frost to hit the damsons. No idea why.