PLUM VARIETIES 2020 Variety Approx. Fruit & Flavor Comments Pollination Harvest Blue Late Small, round blue fruits Excellent for jams, jel- Self fertile August- lies and preserves. Damson September Vigorous growth 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 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 Pluerry Pluerries are complex fruit hybrids, mainly from Japanese plums and cherries. They have predominantly plum heritage with fruit 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”. JAPANESE PLUM VARIETIES 2020 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 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 .