Description
This plum is firm and well suited for retail. Also called Blue Imperatrice, this very late season, processing Prune Plum is also good for cakes, tarts, preserves, drying, salads, stuffings, soaked in brandy & pureed. The fruit is large, elliptical, semi-cling & high-quality with waxy bloomed purple skin and dense greenish-yellow flesh. Tree is not self-fertile and is a cross between President and Emily. It is medium-sized and has an upright habit with a nice open crown. Keeps well.
Prune Plum species description: Prune Plum is self-fertile. USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-9. Plums do great in the Pacific Northwest.
| SKU: | PM40 |
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| Variety: | Empress |
| Common Name: | Prune Plum |
| Latin Name: | Prunus domestica ssp. domestica |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Alias: | Blue Imperatrice |
| Tree: | medium-sized upright with a nice open crown |
| Characteristics: | processing, cakes, tarts, preserves, drying, salads, stuffings, soaked in brandy, pureed |
| Pollination: | not self-fertile |
| Storage: | well |
| Other Common Names: | Plum |
| Genetics: | President x Emily |
| Lifecycle: | Perennial |
| Leaf Drop: | Deciduous |
| Forest Layer: | Understory Tree |
| Food Type: | Fruit Tree |
| Height: | 15ft |
| Width: | 15ft |
| Soil PH: | 5.5-7.5 |
| Soil Type: | Sand, Loam, Clay, Heavy Clay |
| Flower Type: | Hermaphroditic |
| Fruit: | large, elliptical, semi-cling, high-quality waxy bloomed purple skin dense greenish-yellow flesh |
| Season (Ripening): | very late |
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