Plums

Angeleno

Sized 30 to 80; black coloring; fair flavor with moderate acidity; harvest the last week of August to the 1st week of September; heavily planted; late mid-season bloom; needs pollenizer; flesh can be somewhat dry near pit; 400-450 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Autumn Beaut

Medium-sized, dark red plum that ripens in mid-September, slightly ahead of Roysum; fruit is firm and juicy with good flavor; very productive tree is in between upright/spreading; late blooming; pollenizer required; 800 to 900 hour chilling requirement (Patent #8189)

Betty Ann

Large, bright red plum that ripens in late August to 1st week of September; very productive, spreading tree; mid-blooming pollenizer may be required; 750 to 850 hour chilling requirement (Patent #8471)

Big Red

Very large red-over-yellow fruit; sweet; harvest the last week of July; moderately vigorous & upright tree; mid-blooming, pollenizer required; 300 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Blackamber

Sized 30 to 70; black coloring; poor to fair acidic flavor; harvest the 4th week of June; heavily planted; mid-season bloom; needs pollenizer; 400 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Black Splendor

Grows to 2.5 inches in diameter, black fruit with red flesh; acidic; harvest the 1st to 2nd week of June; moderately vigorous, spreading tree; extra early bloomer, requires pollenizer; 200 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Catalina

Medium-sized, dark purple to black plum with good firmness ripening last week of June to 1st week of July; yellow flesh with very good, sweet flavor; partially self-fruitful--increased set noted with Black Amber and Santa Rosa pollenizers; spreading tree.

Crimson Glo

Earliqueen

Harvest in the 4th week of May. Sized 40 to 50. Skin Color: Deep red. Flavor: Poor to Fair . Early blooming variety, requires pollenizer, good choice as a pollenizer, vigorous tree, spreading and dense. 400 to 500 hour chilling requirement (U.S. Plant Patent # 8583)

Emerald Beaut

Medium-sized, firm, green plum with pale yellow flesh ripening in the first week of August; excellent flavor; freestone; holds well on tree; subject to bruising during handling; very vigorous, upright tree; very late blooming pollenizer required; 800 to 900 hour chilling requirement (Patent #9162)

Fortune

Large, red plum that ripens in last week of July; firm fruit with good flavor; potentially a good producer; moderately vigorous, upright to slightly spreading tree; pollenizer required -- blooms with and is cross-compatible with Friar

Friar

Sized 30 to 60; black coloring; fair-to-good flavor, mild acidity; harvest the 4th week of July; heavily planted; mid-season bloom; self-fruitful, but does better with a small amount of pollenizer; 400 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Hiromi Red

Large, firm plum with red over yellow skin color that ripens in mid June; excellent size, color and flavor; very vigorous, upright to spreading tree; mid to late bloom--Angeleno, Kelsey, Simka and Emerald Beaut suggested as pollenizers, multiple pollenizers recommended; 800 to 900 hour chilling requirement (Patent #9858)

Holiday

Joanna Red

Very large plum with red over yellow skin color; ripens in late July to early August, with Grand Rosa; productive, vigorous, upright tree; multiple pollenizers such as Simka and Emerald Beaut suggested for trial; 750 to 850 hour chilling requirement (Patent Pending)

Laroda

Small to medium-sized deep purple-skinned fruit; very sweet; harvest the 1st to 2nd week of July; Vigorous, upright tree; mid-season bloom; requires pollenizer; 400 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Owen T

Grows to 2.5 inches in diameter, black fruit; harvest the last week of June to the 1st week of July; average vigor with upright growth habit; mid-season bloom, requires pollenizer; 400 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Royal Diamond

Medium-large black fruit; sweet; harvest the last week of July to the 1st week of August; vigorous, upright tree; late-season bloom; pollenizer required; 500-600 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Rubirosa

Medium to large-sized dark red fruit; very sweet; harvest the 1st week of June; early to mid-season bloom; requires a pollenizer; tree is vigorous, upright to moderately spreading; 300 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Santa Rosa

Sized 50 to 90; purple over yellow coloring; excellent acidic flavor; harvest the 2nd to 3rd week of June; sets the standard for flavor in plums; early to mid-season bloom; vigorous, spreading tree; self-fruitful; 300 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Simka

Medium to large-sized, deep purple fruit; sweet; harvest the 3rd week of July; average vigor, spreading tree; late bloom, self-fruitful; fruit has tendency to pre-harvest drop; 500-600 hour estimated chilling requirement.

Wickson

Medium to large-sized, heart-shaped, yellow-skinned fruit; moderately sweet; harvest the 2nd week of July; weak, spreading tree; mid-season bloom, self-fruitful; 500 hour estimated chilling requirement.