Japanese plums are the most common plums for fresh eating in the USA. They are generally larger, rounder (or heart shaped) and firmer than European plums. Japanese plum trees have rougher bark, more persistent spurs, and more numerous flowers than European plums. They are also more precocious, disease resistant, and vigorous. In recent years, Pluot® Interspecifics have gained much of the Japanese plum fresh-market share.

Harvest Sequence: Apricot, Plum, Interspecific Hybrid

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