Auburn Plums taste?
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Questions on American Plum, Chickasaw Plum, & Beach Plum
Comments (10)Hi -- I know some of the answers to your questions. American plum self-fertile -- seems to be. I had 2 and then cut down one after it got old and started to go - the other still seems to bear well. There are other plums around the yard, plus various wild Prunus species in the neighborhood, plus various oranmental plum and sandcherries in the neighborhood as well. 2) 5 x 5 foot size. Yeah, I don't see a real problem with it. My 2 American plum seedlings grew naturally to about 7 to 8 feet max, with probably a 6 to 8 foot spread. So, with a little pruning, probably not too much of a problem. 3) Partial shade -- definitely. My surviving one is in about 2/3rds shade now, as the trees around it have gotten larger, and it seems perfectly happy as an understory type tree. It still gets pretty good light because the two trees near it are a Kentucky Coffe and a Sycamore, and both don't start to branch until very high off the ground. 4) Taste -- Well, the fruits of my plum are quite tasty when fully ripe and slightly soft. They have a bit of astringency when not fully ripe. They make wonderful plum sauce, jelly, baked tarts, etc. I've never had the Chickasaw plum, so can't comment. I did plant a beach plum last year, but it's still only a foot tall....See MoreWhich wild plum tastes best: P. maritima/americana/augustifolia?
Comments (0)Hi, Which tastes best: Prunus maritima, Prunus americana, or Prunus augustifolia? Also, for wild cherries, which is better: Prunus serotina or Prunus virginiana. I assume Prunus pensylvanica is better then both, for those growing in completely full sun. I've tasted P. maritima, and I really liked it. Steve...See MoreBest tasting plum or plumcot for colder zones 3-4
Comments (16)Folks, Gracious, Pembina, Toka (and Kaga are almost identical) and Kahinta are much better (in my opinion) than Lacresent, Underwood, and Waneta for the "superhardy" plums. Pembina cracks readily, but it is so prolific even if 80% crack you still get a good crop. We use the cracked ones to make "Smiling Plum Jam" which sells very well. Pipestone is much like Pembina (flavorwise) but larger and drops when ripe so you have to pick them before they are ready and let them sit a day or so. Underwood is the hardiest, but has a very sour skin and less flavor. Waneta can be wonderful, but is astringent until perfectly ripe then it drops, and the fruit ripens over a long period so most of the fruit drops. I pulled out all my Underwood, Lacresant, and Wanetas this fall as they were taking up space I could use for better fruit (and got a run of firewood out of them). Opal does well here but was affected by the freeze of 2012 (1/2 of my trees did not have fruit that year) so it is not as bud hardy as others. Ember has been a total disappointment, little fruit (but the fruit was a pretty yellow orange), lots of disease (for some reason lessor peach borers love them), and the fruit was not good enough to put up with the lack of productivity, so I pulled it out as well. Mt Royal (round blue European about 1") is a very hardy plum, tastes good and is prolific I would recommend it. Stanley is pretty tough as well but need heat in Sept to ripen. In colder climates date of ripening is important. Even if the temps get to 70 during the day in Sept, they are only there for a couple of hrs which can lead to the fruit not ripening and lack of sugar and flavor. There have been years here when the Stanleys and Empress plums have not ripened due to low temp in Sept. So it is best to pick varieties which ripen earlier if you are in the North. Eric...See MoreWhat plums taste better pembina vs brookred vs brookgold
Comments (4)Pembina is a good-sized plum for the prairies, about golf-ball sized. I find the flesh very sweet but the skin is rather sour so I don't eat the skin. I only got a handful of plums from the tree until I grafted on two branches of "Perfection plum", which instantly turned production into hundreds of plums each year, last year it was around 500 plums, this year the hail messed them up so I'm just letting them fall and not using them. Brook Red is supposed to be another good pollinator and that's what I originally planted to cross-pollinate but the tree had been mislabelled and only produced small yellow plums that weren't very good and it also bloomed too early to be an effective pollinator so I removed that dud tree....See MoreScott F Smith
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