I am looking to see if I can locate an empress plum this late, and am seeing a few sites referencing these as Italian Plums or Italian Prune Plums.
Are they a different way to call the same plum, completely different, or is an Italian Plum/Italian Prune Plum just a class of plums that Empress are a part of?
These are two completely different plums. Both are European plums, which is a distinct group of plums as opposed to Japanese plums and American plums (another two groups).
OK, I guess there is just a lot of misinformation out there, such as these. Thanks.
There are different varieties of prune plums. Many grown for the obvious reason, drying them, or cooking with them or making a confit. Rarely are they touted for fresh eating. Just depends upon the variety.
Scott Smith helps educated us about Euro plums. I use this link as my reference many times.
One left in stock when posted.
Thanks, all!
Mamuang - that is a great reference.
Nil - you are awesome. Funny thing is that I was ordering a peach from Cummins, and when I searched by looking through the plums, I couldn’t find any Empress, but sure enough, there is one. Thanks for pointing that out!! Now I have to understand how the Krymsk1 root stock will do in my conditions (though at first glance, it looks good).
There are many thread about Euro plum here. I’d say searching for info from this forum, you will get more reliable and first-handed experience info.
On the top of a page, you will see a looking glass symbol. That is our search function. Click on the looking glass, then, type in a key word like Euro plums, many threads will show up.
For example, I typed in Favorite Euro plums, this thread (and several others showed up). Check this link out.
My Euro plums are on Marianna 2624. I like them because they are medium-sized trees, all pruned to open center.
Does this bloom the same time as Stanley or NY9?