Description
Historically a leading cultivar in the Great Lakes region. This fresh eating Prune Plum ripens early, late August and is also good for processing, canning, preserves & drying. The fruit is large, sweet, rich, juicy & fine grained with thickly bloomed dark blue skin and greenish-yellow freestone flesh. Tree is annually productive, is a great pollenizer and is self-fertile. It was developed by the New Yok State Experiment Station. Flesh turns purplish red when canned.
Prune Plum species description: Prune Plum is self-fertile. USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-9. Plums do great in the Pacific Northwest.
| SKU: | PM6 |
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| Variety: | Stanley |
| Common Name: | Prune Plum |
| Latin Name: | Prunus domestica ssp. domestica |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Characteristics: | fresh eating, processing, canning, preserves, drying |
| Pollination: | great pollenizer self-fertile |
| Other Common Names: | Plum |
| Origin: | by the New Yok State Experiment Station |
| 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, sweet, rich, juicy, fine grained thickly bloomed dark blue skin greenish-yellow freestone flesh |
| Season (Ripening): | (early, late August) |
| Production: | annual |
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