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A Har dy Japanese American Hybrid Hardy SUPERIOR Proving its name since 1933, this very hardy AsianAmerican hybrid from Minnesota remains a favorite. The very large fruit has dark red skin and delicious meaty yellow flesh. It blooms with and is pollinized by late blooming Japanese plums like Shiro, Emerald Beaut or a wild American plum. The tree bears a heavy crop of pointed, clingstone fruit at an early age. Plums ripen in August, and keep well on the tree. Zones 4-9. On Myro 29C #C275 Each $22.95
Weeping Santa Rosa is Or namental & Edible, T oo! Ornamental Too!
GOLDEN NECTAR Famous for its complex melon and honey-like flavor with hint-ofgardenia aroma, this large, yellow, oblong dessert plum deserves a place in the garden. The firm amber flesh, which separates easily from a small freestone pit, is superb either dried or fresh. A seedling of Mariposa, the productive, self-fertile tree needs only 500 hours of chilling. It ripens in August in California but needs more summer heat to ripen than regularly occurs in the Pacific Northwest. Hardy in Zones 5-9. On Citation rootstock. #C052 Each $22.95
EMERALD BEAUT A delicious and unusual late season plum. Ripe fruit holds on the tree longer than any other stone fruit - two months or more. It continues to sweeten, becoming exceptionally sweet, but it remains crisp and crunchy! The Beaut has green skin, which gets yellower as it fully ripens and yellow/orange freestone flesh. It needs 6-700 chill hours. Beauty Plum or a pluot are good pollinizers. Zaiger ®. Pat. 9162. On Citation rootstock. #C047 Each $22.95
How T o Use Plums To IN THE KITCHEN: Plums can be eaten fresh, canned or made into leathers or used for jams and jellies. The varieties which are best suited for drying are referred to as prunes. Prunes can be stewed or made into pastry filling.
WEEPING SANTA ROSA Use as a focal point in your edible landscape. It has a beautiful weeping habit and grows to 8’ tall. Enjoy attractive white blossoms in early spring. The fruit is identical in flavor and size but not as productive as the regular Santa Rosa. Patented by Zaiger. On Myro 29C. Self-fertile. #C300 Each $24.95
2x1 COMBO PLUM SPRITE/DELIGHT It produces tons of delicious fruit each year at Raintree. The plums are round, sweet medium size, freestone, with a purple black skin and tasty yellow flesh. Eat them off the tree in August for almost a month. They thrive in most of the nation from USDA Zones 4-9. They pollinize with each other or with our other Japanese Plums. Patented. A Myrobalan Japanese plum cross. It will grow to 8-10' tall. On Citation rootstock. #C2702 Each $29.95 No other nursery comes close to your impressive selection of unusual and interesting varieties at very reasonable prices. I was reluctant to order from you because I am on the other side of the country. But your shipping fees were surprisingly reasonable, and my trees arrived in absolutely perfect condition. L.G. Polk, PA
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IN THE LANDSCAPE: European plum trees tend to be 10-15 feet tall and upright with attractive deep green foliage. Japanese plums tend to be more spreading. They have a lighter colored foliage. All are adorned with beautiful white to slightly pink flowers in the spring. Japanese plums are amongst the first to flower and mark the beginning of spring.
Useful Facts HARDINESS: Asians USDA Zones 4-10; Europeans 5-9 unless noted. SUN: Full sun. HEIGHT, SPACING & ROOTSTOCK: Our plum trees are mostly on semi dwarf rootstocks. While ulimate size will vary with pruning, cultivar, climate and soil type, Marianna 2624, St. Julian A and Lovell can be usually maintained at 10-12' height and spacing. Citation and Krymsk 1 at 8 to 10’ and Krymsk 86 and Myro 29C at about 15’. Marianna 2624 is the most tolerant of very wet soils. HARVEST: July-October. ORIGIN: Europe, Japan and North America,
How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: The European plums grow well on heavy soils. Japanese plums prefer lighter loamy soils. Like the other fruits, they prefer a slightly acidic soil. Our plum rootstocks are tolerant of a wide variety of soils. CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: The European types can be grown as a central leader tree and don’t require much thinning or pruning when mature. Fruit is born on spurs and also on new wood. Japanese plums are best grown with open centers and are very bushy, requiring thinning of branches. POLLINATION: See charts on page 47. Some plums are reliably self fertile. However many plums need a pollenizer. A variety that blooms at the same time. Also plums are a diverse group and some varieties’ pollen is not fully compatible with all others. So err on the side of planting several cultivars to maximize pollination and fruit set.
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