What Should I Know About My Variety Of Plums?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Victoria’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Seneca’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Early Laxton’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘President’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Santa Rosa’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Stanley’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Methley’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Morris’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Opal’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Superior’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Giant Prune’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Satsuma’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Shiro’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Marjorie’s Seedling’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Castleton’?

Probably the best-known and most widely grown dual-purpose English plum, this tree reliably bears heavy yields. The pale purple-red, medium-sized fruits have a yellow-green, juicy flesh that is sweet but has a much better flavor when cooked.

This hardy, upright, and vigorous tree reliably bears good crops of very large, purple-red fruits late in the season. The plums have bright yellow-orange flesh and are delicious eaten fresh from the tree.

One of the earliest cropping plum varieties, this compact tree produces regular crops of round, medium-sized, yellow fruits whose skins are flushed with pink. Plums have juicy golden flesh and are good eaten straight from the tree or cooked.

One of the last European plums to ripen, ‘President’ produces blue-black, yellow-fleshed fruits famous for their big size. Resistant to black knot, the tree is a heavy producer— so heavy that its branches sometimes snap under their loads.

This long-time favorite Japanese plum is revered for the juicy sweetness of its red-tinged flesh. The tree is fast-growing and vigorous, and a good pollenizer for other Japanese varieties, but it lacks disease resistance.

This variety is widely grown because of its excellent, reliable cropping nature and its tendency to produce heavy yields. The large, purple-blue plums have a sweet and juicy greenish-yellow flesh that is delicious eaten fresh or dried.

One of the best Japanese plums available, this variety is a very heavy cropper, and fruits often need thinning out early in the season. The tree bears medium-sized, reddish-purple fruits with juicy, mild-flavored, red flesh.

This large, red-fleshed, aromatic plum was developed at Texas A and M for commercial growers, but its high productivity and leaf scald tolerance make it a good garden choice. The ruby-red fruits grow in easily harvested clusters.

A very hardy, vigorous, upright variety, ‘Opal’ bears heavy crops of dessert plums that mature early in the season. Inside the small, bite-sized, purplish-green fruits, the pale yellow flesh has a distinctly greengagelike flavor.

This Japanese-American hybrid was selected for fruit size, vigor, and cold-hardiness. It grows larger and faster than most and bears red fruit with yellow flesh that is excellent fresh or in jams. Pollenize with Japanese plums or hybrids.

A reliable and prolific cropper also known as ‘Burbank’, this tree bears large, oval, purple-red fruits that keep well. The purple flesh is excellent both for cooking and for fresh eating. This variety also has good frost tolerance and disease resistance.

Medium to large oval-shaped fruits with distinctive dark skin and juicy red flesh that have a sweet rather than tart flavor, and are excellent for fresh eating and preserves. However, this variety is susceptible to brown rot.

This Japanese variety is a vigorous, reliable, easy-to-grow tree bearing very sweet, medium-sized, yellow fruits early in the season. The crisp, yellow flesh of these plums is excellent eaten fresh, cooked, or preserved.

This US-only variety is popular for the quality of its fruit and its good disease and frost resistance. The large, oval, purple plums are produced late in the season. The sweet, sharp, yellow flesh is best cooked but can be eaten fresh.

Also known as a prune plum, ‘Castleton’ sets heavy crops of blue-purple freestone fruits that are excellent for eating and drying. Self-fertile; better fruit set will occur when it is planted near a European plum, such as ‘Stanley’.

‘AU Producer’ is a cultivar bred for disease resistance and adaptability to Southern climates. ‘AU Producer’ bears small, round, firm fruits that are red inside and out. The fruit flavor is excellent; trees are resistant to black knot disease and leaf scale.