Clint, if you are wanting FK scion wood contact me via gw e-mail. I prune in mid March before dormant spray. I grafted a few FQ branches in my tree last season so I might get a taste in the summer. I haven't seen Flavor Queen in any new nursery catalogs. It is probably another fussy to produce pluot. My Dapple Dandy tree seems to grow like a regular plum on steroids here on Long Island. Nurseries might sell this one after the patent expires.

Tops the tastings for 3 yrs?? It doesn't even show up in DWN tastings. I assume that's what they're talking about. I just looked thru those a week ago and it's not there, top or bottom. Way over hyped IMO. 20 grams and 24 brix with average flavor. That's what I got in 2013. I've had Flavor Kings at 200 grams and 10 times the flavor. If anyone can find this on a taste test report I'll stand corrected. PS: It could be at the bottom as the link I provided only shows top 10 each year. Here is a link that might be useful: This post was edited by fruitnut on Sun, Apr 27, 14 at 15:49

Bberry: I have no experience with Flavor King in a humid climate but have grown it in CA and in my greenhouse in TX. It is one of the hardest pluots to grow because of it's tendency to crack. I've grown it the last two yrs with no cracking. But that's zero rain and a very even watering system. It's not one I'd try in Maine, too wet and humid and not enough heat. The pluots need a lot of heat for best flavor. If you want an interspecific hybrid that might work in your area try Tasty Rich aprium, basically an apricot. But it is a very good apricot, esp considering how early it is, two wks before Tomcot. I've read that pluots are genetically identical to plums. So it is debatable how much apricot parentage they contain. To me they taste like plums, very good plums to be sure, but I cann't taste anything like an apricot. The newest pluots I have, including Geo Pride, are very very good. The Fruitnut

Flavor King is outstanding. And I would say Satsuma is a much better choice than Burgundy. That might just be in my area though? Again though if a choice Flavor King is the hands down winner, a must have, wow is this fruit special! If you think your other pluots are good, wait till you taste this one! Nadia is untested, but yeah that one looks like a very interesting fruit. I had to buy one. I may have fruit this spring?