Description
This early season Japanese x Cherry Plum Hybrid ripens in July. The fruit is high quality, very sweet, meaty, freestone & small to medium in size with an attractive red blush and golden yellow ground color. Tree is vigorous, is heavy yeilding and is susceptible to leaf spot & black knot. It should be partnered with an early-blooming Japanese plum. It has an upright habit, is open grower and should be thinned to prevent biennial bearing. It originated as a chance seedling in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada, before 1946. Very cold hardy for a hybrid plum (to USDA zone 4).
| SKU: | PM35 |
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| Variety: | Early Golden |
| Common Name: | Japanese x Cherry Plum |
| Latin Name: | Prunus salicina x cerasifera |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Tree: | upright open grower should be thinned to prevent biennial bearing |
| Pollination: | should be partnered with an early-blooming Japanese plum |
| Origin: | as a chance seedling in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada, before 1946 |
| Lifecycle: | Perennial |
| Leaf Drop: | Deciduous |
| Forest Layer: | Understory Tree |
| Food Type: | Fruit Tree |
| Vigor: | yes |
| Hardiness: | very hardy for a hybrid plum (to USDA zone 4) |
| Fruit: | high quality, very sweet, meaty, freestone, small to medium in size an attractive red blush golden yellow ground color |
| Season (Ripening): | early (July) |
| Production: | heavy |
| Susceptibility: | leaf spot, black knot |
Pietro (verified owner) –
High quality foot long scion. Clearly labeled. Will come back next year.