Flavor King Pluot® Interspecific Plum

Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)

late midseason
Harvest Season within fruit type

late midseason
Harvest Dates:

August 11 to September 3

(approximate for Hickman, CA)
Developed by Zaiger Genetics. U.S. Plant Patent No. 8026. (Expired)

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Taste test winner. Unique plum-apricot hybrid with sensational bouquet and sweet, spicy flavor. Reddish-purple skin, crimson flesh. Harvest mid-August in Central CA. Naturally small tree. 400 hours or less. Pollenized by Flavor Supreme Pluot® or Dapple Dandy Pluot® and Santa Rosa or Late Santa Rosa plum. (Zaiger)

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Additional Notes

1. Flavor King Pluot®, an interspecific plum, includes plum and apricot in its parentage.

2. In DWN formal taste tests, Flavor King has been one of the most consistently high-scoring varieties, as compiled in the 2014 DWN Fruit Tasting Report.

WHILE DWARFING ROOTSTOCKS HAVE IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES, ROOTSTOCKS SHOULD BE SELECTED PRIMARILY FOR ADAPTABILITY TO THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE PLANTING SITE. For the 2023-24 planting season, Flavor King is offered on the following rootstock(s) (listed in approximate order of quantity in production, largest quantity first):

Citation (semi-dwarf, 3/4 of standard size)

Myro 29C (standard)

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Flavor King Pluot® Interspecific Plum

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