Are these Stanley plums?

General Fruit Growing
#1

I got some prune plums from 3 different vendors at Saturday’s farmers market.

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Top: Vendor said that they are Stanley, but they are bigger than I remember most Stanleys. They also have an interesting pointed neck. Of the 3, they are the tastiest (most ripe maybe), juicy and 15-16 brix.
Middle: Another Stanley from another vendor. Smaller and firm, not all that ripe with 11-12 brix.
Bottom: Italian plum from 3rd vendor, which were also around 12 brix and not great. He said he would bring some Empress next week, which I look forward to.

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Any thoughts on if the plums at the top of the pic could really be Stanley? If not, any suggestions on what it is?

Here’s a pic of it cut open (this one was 15 brix, the other was 16.5).

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#2

The skinny neck of the plum reminds me both of Quetsch and Epineuse. My Italian Prune plums are oval.

#3

Possibly Long John. Brady

#4

Thanks for the suggestions. My initial take was that Long John might be it. But, I did some more searching online and found a few pages which describe Stanley as having a “distinctive neck”. Maybe it is a Stanley. Which leaves me with the question of what the other plums are :smile: Maybe they are both Stanley’s and only some of them get the “distinctive neck”.