MATURITY

Ripens +85, about October 18th in Kingsburg, CA.

SKIN COLOR

Very deep red.

FLESH COLOR

Fully yellow.

SHAPE

Oblate.

SIZE

Medium to Large, 2 3/4" (70 mm).

TEXTURE

Very firm, crisp.

FLAVOR

Fantastically sweet, typically 23-27 brix.

AROMA

SKIN CRACKING

None observed. 

CROPPING

Very heavy crop. 

BLOOMING PERIOD

Starts early and continues beyond the mid-seasonal blooming varieties, beginning three days before ‘Yummygem’ plum.

CONFIRMED POLLINATORS

work both ways

WILL POLLINATE THESE OTHER VARIETIES

work both ways

BLOSSOM DENSITY

Very heavy.

FLOWER TYPE

POLLEN PRODUCTION

Moderate, bee enticing. 

PLANTING SUGGESTIONS

TREE DESCRIPTION

Medium, medium roughness.  

COLD STORAGE DATA

Excellent.  Fruit quality observed to remain in good condition after 21 days in standard cold room at 36° Fahrenheit [2° Celsius].

OVERALL

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.