Is this a shiro or some other early yellow plum its a middle age tree (my shiros in full sun are just colouring but its a young tree) semifreestone rich plum taste with good body and some apricot tones
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Shiro plums are clingstone and round in shape. This looks very nice.
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Looks like an aprium or plumcot to me.
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Pretty though!
Shiro is a good looking plum but is not a good taste plum. I found the major reason I keet it is that it’s a reliable producer.
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I have never heard of this variety before, and nothing comes up on google! Care to review it’s attributes? =)
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Annie,
Very true re. Shiro’s assessment. I keep it because it is very productive and a good pollination partner.
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Shiro is excellent for wine. Probably the best plum wine I’ve ever made came from a batch of bland Shiro plums.
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Sorry, what variety?
My Miss Kim persimmon decided to flower for a 2nd time on a new flush of growth. All the buds got burnt by a late freeze in spring. Too bad these won’t have a long enough season to ripen.
Korea Kaki, and Picudo also formed some flowers on a new flush of growth.
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Grossa di Trento is an Italian variety. Have big apples, some times reach 700g! This is the first year, so she is adapting and i think i pick them a bit soon. In Italy they are from September…
Regarding the flavour it’s like grany smith, a bit acid and sweet but good to eat out of hand.
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Is it sweet enough? I kinda avoid buying cantaloup b’cause it doesn’t taste sweet enough
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Yes very sweet. There are so many little things like rain just before harvest or too much water can decrease quality.
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Are you sure your Summerred is true to label? It is not as red as it should be
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Yes I am sure it is summerred. It is more red on the other side. It is very young potted plant and came from a friend mother tree which is more red then mine.
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Any northern eggplant growers out there? This year is my first real attempt. I have a row of kamo that are just flowering. Plants look healthy, but days are already starting to shorten. Usually don’t get frost until end of September early October. They are a smaller eggplant, do I have time for it to fruit or am I screwed?
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