I had a plum at an orchard I manage today that I haven’t seen before. If needed I will try to post a photo later but the plum is so distinctive and of such high quality I expect a word description may be adequate. The tree is lanky and spreading like a Burbank or Ozark Premier. It ripens a bit late for a J., after Santa Rosa and a couple or few days after Satsuma. What should make this puzzle easy for anyone who happens to grow this plum is, while the skin is not remarkable- the dark purple of a Burbank but with more yellow background, the flesh is a beautiful bright orange- a color I’ve never seen in a plum before. The fruit is medium large and the flesh is firm, sweet and delicious.
The only plum I have similar to that is Lavinia, it meets all the criteria but it is more like medium-small sized. Lavinia is not common but Cummins sells it and they are in your neck of the woods.
I think Alderman could be another candidate but I have not grown it myself.
This is a good sized plum. Wow, this is interesting if you don’t know it. The flesh is just exceptionally beautiful, deep orange. Unfortunately my helper took the 3 plums I brought home to help ID the tree when I offered him the peaches in the same box (I gave away about 100 pounds of peaches today). I called him before he ate the plums so I will try to get a picture here by the weekend if we work tomorrow.
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It turns out that it is supposed to be a Burbank, but I thought Burbank ripened sooner. I actually haven’t managed one for years but I assume I’ve eaten them before. Maybe this season really brought out the orange color of the flesh. Pictures I found showed a more subdued orange color of flesh. Anyone grow Burbank?