Plum Varieties
Au Amber-Medium-sized, almost purple skinned fruit that has excellent flavor
Au Rosa-Dark red skin and yellow flesh, fruit quality is excellent
Autumn Sweet-Late maturing very sweet oval purple plum. Keeps well and is good for drying.
Black Amber-A particularly large plum, with very firm flesh. The skin is black, and the flesh as it’s name suggests, amber.
Bluebyrd-Deep purple skin, amber colored flesh, excellent flavor, good sugar-acid balance
Blue Fre-Large yellow fleshed freestone variety
Cardinal
Duarte-Extra large fruit, heart shaped, top quality with flesh that is blood red in color.
Early Golden-Yellow, good quality round fruit
Elephant Heart-A large, dark reddish purple conic fruit with purple-red sweet, juicy flesh of very good to excellent flavor. It is a freestone, and useful for fresh eating and canning/bottling.
Formosa-Large size, greenish yellow fruit overlaid with red. Sweet, juicy, pale yellow flesh
Fortune-Fruit is medium to large, reddish-purple and very firm with yellow flesh
Friar-A large oval plum, deep black with light amber flesh. Friar is a freestone and the pit is very small relative to the size of the fruit. Friar is sweet and juicy with an acidulous skin.
Long John-Unusual looking, large elongated prune plum is pointed on both ends and a beautiful blue-purple color. Delicious, sweet, aromatic, firm freestone fruit. The flesh is amber colored.
Methley-Medium to large, reddish purple fruit. Juicy flesh with a sweet, mild, distinctive flavor. Fine quality. Good for fresh eating or jelly. Ripens late July to August. Japanese type.
Queen Rosa-Very large, lightly freckled purple-crimson plum with greenish-yellow shoulders. The flesh is amber, very juicy, sweetest just under the skin.
Ruby Queen-Outstanding flavor. The fruit has reddish-black skin with a firm, red flesh
Santa Rosa-Medium large, crimson to purplish red, lightly freckled plum with yellow flesh slightly suffused with pink especially near the pit. The fruit is firm, sweet, juicy and aromatic, except near the pit, where it is quite acid.
Satsuma-Small to medium sized fruit with solid deep red skin and flesh and the small pit is semi freestone. Satsuma is juicy, and it has a particularly good flavor.
Shiro-Yellow skin and flesh; very juicy, flavor is mild, sweet. Ripens early August. Japanese type.
Simka-A large, conic, dark reddish purple plum with lightly freckled skin characteristic of plums derived from ‘Santa Rosa’. The flesh is firm, yellowish white, and pleasantly sweet, slightly bitter near the skin.
Stanley-Fruit is large size and dark blue. Flesh is greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, and sweet. Ripens mid season. Excellent prune for eating fresh, canning, and drying. An exceptionally hardy type of the Italian. European type.
Vanier-Fruit is red, medium size, yellow fleshed and clingstone
Wickson-A large, greenish-yellow plum with yellow flesh.
