Description
Similar to Santa Rosa in fruit and growth habit. This early season, fresh eating Japanese x Chickasaw Plum Hybrid ripens late June to early July and is also good for canning. The fruit is large, firm & high quality with dark red skin and yellow flesh. Tree is vigorous, is self-fertile, is heavy yeilding and flowers profusely. It is disease resistant and requires 700 chill hours. It has a has an upright habit vase shape consisting of narrow branch angles, has dark green leaves and is long lived. It originated in Auburn University. USDA Hardiness Zones: 6-8.
| SKU: | PM23 |
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| Variety: | AU Rosa |
| Common Name: | Japanese x Chickasaw Plum |
| Latin Name: | Prunus salicina x angustifolia |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Bloom: | flowers profusely |
| Tree: | has a upright vase shape consisting of narrow branch angles has dark green leaves is long lived |
| Characteristics: | fresh, canning |
| Chill Hours: | 700 |
| Pollination: | self-fertile |
| Origin: | Auburn University |
| Lifecycle: | Perennial |
| Leaf Drop: | Deciduous |
| Forest Layer: | Understory Tree |
| Food Type: | Fruit Tree |
| Vigor: | yes |
| Hardiness: | 6-8 |
| Fruit: | large, firm, high quality dark red skin yellow flesh |
| Season (Ripening): | early (late June to early July) |
| Production: | heavy |
| Disease Resistance: | yes, plum leaf scald |
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