PLUMRED IX : 11P205 : SUNSET

MATURITY

Ripens +25, about August 19^th in Kingsburg, CA.

SKIN COLOR

Red

FLESH COLOR

Red toward the skin, yellow toward the stone.

SHAPE

Globose

SIZE

Medium, 2 5/8" (67mm)

TEXTURE

Firm

FLAVOR

Fantastic! 21 Brix - Extremely juicy

AROMA

Mild. 

SKIN CRACKING

None observed. 

CROPPING

BLOOMING PERIOD

CONFIRMED POLLINATORS

work both ways

WILL POLLINATE THESE OTHER VARIETIES

work both ways

BLOSSOM DENSITY

FLOWER TYPE

POLLEN PRODUCTION

PLANTING SUGGESTIONS

TREE DESCRIPTION

COLD STORAGE DATA

OVERALL

A very nice, late ripening, red skin plum with medium red flesh and medium size. It is very productive and is being grown successfully in Australia. 

NOTES:

Spiking a pollinator means to graft a central limb or a side scaffold of the commercial variety with one of the confirmed pollinators.  For difficult setting varieties, the recommended method would be to spike each tree once with a confirmed pollinator throughout the commercial orchard.  The pollinators should be alternated.  For easy to set varieties, spiking about one tree in five has shown to be effective.  Some growers prefer to interplant the pollinator in the same row between two trees of the preferred variety and grow them in a flagpole or very upright V-style, often pulling and tying a limb toward the center of each adjoining tree.

Combination plantings are made of 2 or 3 varieties that benefit the pollination at least one way, and preferably each way.  Alternating 4 rows of each is most common, alternating 2 rows of each gives better pollination, but does not harvest as efficiently.  Also, it is usually beneficial to insert pollinators along the center 2 rows of a 4 row planting.