PLUM VARIETIES 2019 Variety Approx. Fruit & Flavor Comments Pollination Harvest Green Gage August Small to medium yellow-green Great for desserts, Pollinate with any other European fruit; juicy, smooth texture cooking, canning, or Plum with amber flesh. Freestone. preserves Imperial August/ Medium size purplish red fruit; Very productive; great Pollinate with any other European September Meaty, rich, sweet and firm for fresh eating or Plum Epineuse with yellow flesh. Freestone. drying. Highly regarded old variety Italian August/ Medium to large purple fruit; Great for canning & Pollinate with any other European September juicy with distinctive rich, drying; early reliable Plum sweet flavor. Freestone. producer Seneca Large reddish fruit; crisp Good disease and crack Considered self-fertile, better fruit September yellow flesh, very sweet. resistance; good for set when pollinated with any other Freestone fresh eating, canning and European Plum drying Stanley Medium to large, oval dark blue Heavy annual bearer; Considered self-fertile, better fruit September fruit. Firm yellowish-green good for fresh eating, set when pollinated with any other flesh with sweet rich flavor. canning and drying European Plum Freestone. Yellow Egg August/ Large golden yellow fruit; firm, When fully ripe, rich & Considered self-fertile, better fruit September juicy yellow flesh. sweet, tart if picked set when pollinated with any other Freestone. early. Productive tree; European Plum good fresh and canning Pluots Pluots are hybrids of plums and apricots. They have predominantly plum heritage with smooth skins. However, they do have apricot in them (will need heat to ripen & disease may be an issue), so this is for the fruit tree enthusiasts to try out! Dapple August/ Creamy white and red flesh; Great plum/apricot Pollinate with another pluot or September complex, sweet flavor with flavor. Freestone. Burgundy plum. Dandy crisp texture. Flavor King August Reddish-purple fruit with Great for fresh eating; Pollinate with another pluot or crimson flesh; sweet, spicy, keeps on tree for 4 to 6 Burgundy plum. another taste test winner weeks JAPANESE PLUM VARIETIES 2019 Variety Approx. Fruit & Flavor Comments Pollination Harvest Beauty July/ Medium size reddish purple fruit; Santa Rosa type, great for fresh Considered self-fertile, better fruit August amber flesh with excellent flavor. eating. Consistently heavy crops. set when pollinated with any other Japanese Plum Burgundy August Medium size maroon fruit; red semi- Productive tree; use as a pollinator Considered self-fertile, better freestone flesh with sweet mild for pluots or pluerries. fruit set when pollinated with any flavor other Japanese Plum Hollywood August Large red fruit with deep red flesh; Great for fresh eating and jelly. Pollinate with any other Japanese juicy and sweet Ornamental tree with pink blossoms Plum and dark purple leaves Methley July/ Medium to large reddish purple fruit; Great for fresh eating and jelly. Considered self-fertile, better fruit August juicy red flesh with a sweet, mild set when pollinated with any other flavor Japanese Plum Satsuma July Medium to large dark red fruit; firm, Excellent for fresh eating, canning, Pollinate with any other Japanese meaty red flesh, juicy and sweet & cooking Plum Shiro August Medium to large round yellow cling- Excellent for fresh eating, canning, Pollinate with any other Japanese stone fruit. Very juicy with a mild & cooking. Consistent crop set. Plum sweet flavor Pluerry Pluerries are complex fruit hybrids, mainly from Japanese plums and cherries. They have predominantly plum heritage with fruit resembling plums. They are newer, so if you try one out, let us know what you think! Candy Heart August “Skin is dark speckled red, with amber “lightly subacid and very sweet, with Pollinate with another Pluerry or Pluerry September -red flesh” a wonderfully unique flavor” Burgundy Plum SweetTreat July “Much larger than a cherry, this “Combines the sweetness of a Pollinate with another Pluerry or Pluerry August precocious and prolific variety will cherry with that summer fresh plum Burgundy Plum hang on the tree for over a month” zing” Sugar Twist July Red fruit with yellow flesh. Complex Newest pluerry; ripens a month Pollinate with another Pluerry or Pluerry August flavor “cherry sweet with a plum earlier than Sweet Treat. Burgundy Plum twist”. .