That’s a fair take on them, although I caution judging the variety from one batch of fruit. Even on the same tree in the same season, a couple of weeks makes a big difference. They look pretty long before their peak, and are less palatable after.
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Home growing always tastes better than store fruit, store fruits some time picking too early. Personally I like sweet treat more than Nadia.
Both of our fruits 7.28.25
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I agree that Sweet Treat tastes better and I like the texture. But Nadia has been carefree and super productive of very high quality fruit.
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My Nadia got brown rot even with Indar spray. Granted only those with injury by bird pecks.
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In general, Nadia is too tart for me. To get to a right picking time is tough. It is either firm but tart or sweeter but too soft.
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So just picked some ripe Nadia plum-cherries for my 1am late night snack. Very sweet & delicious with a strong cherry & plum flavours fusion. Yummy.
Well worth growing. Super prolific this year thanks to Qtip hand pollination this spring & decent weather. Grown in a 40g planter pot so proof that Nadia plum-cherry does excellent even when NOT planted in-ground. Have several hundred fruit from my potted Nadia this summer.
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Also an attractive tree…
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Anyone have experience growing them in eastern North America? I’m wondering how the disease and pest resistance compares to sweet cherries and Japanese plums which are both relatively high maintenance here (southern Ontario). Humidity is high here compared to the West Coast or most of Australia which both have dry summers, so there’s more fungal issues. Allegedly it has crack resistance so that’s a start.
Are you in the eastern US? Seems most people growing in Nadia are on the West Coast. I’m wondering how it fares in the more humid eastern climates (I’m in Ontario Zone 5).
I believe I saw Drew51(not sure how to tag people lol) has one in Michigan. I purchased one from Gurneys that is due to arrive this spring, and Im in Ohio with a lot of humidity.
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Start with the @ key,which will bring down a short list of members.By adding the known person’s handle,this will alert them.
Like this,@KrisRos.
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Thank you! Thats very helpful to know!
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@Drew51 are you and your Nadia still around?
Fyi, if you decide to get a Nadia tree, I got a text today from Gurneys saying all fruit trees, bushes, etc are 20% off today
Yeah still have it. It produces well every year but I have grown to like the pluots a lot better than the plums. It grows fairly well here. I grafted other plums on it. It tends to take grafts well. Good looking tree too. I keep them under 7 feet. I like the St. Julian rootstock. Cold hardy works very well here.
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I don’t think it’s possible for nurseries to ship trees across the border (NY to ON).
Oh shoot, nope I even saw you said you were in Canada and I forgot. Poo!
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it is but i dont know the requirements. Grimonut nursery ships walnuts to the u.s. from canada.
The pluots that the main nursery in Ontario (Whiffletree) sells are rated for Zone 6, which makes me hesitate since I’m zone 5. It’s definitely colder here (Elora) than in Sterling Heights, the climate stats for the eastern part of Northern Michigan seem like a close match. We haven’t touched -20F since 2015, but I could see us getting that level of cold again. I only started planting fruiting perennials in my backyard in 2024, so I don’t have much production yet, and I’m trying to decide what kind of fruits to get that will fit in the gap between strawberries/haskaps/currants and peaches/grapes/kiwis/potted figs/tomatoes/pawpaws/persimmons. I’ll probably put in bush cherries, maybe a mulberry, and then supplement with either Nadia, Spring Satin, Early Golden, Opal, or apricots. Maybe also try a pear since those have a better shelf life than my other late summer/fall fruit and can be enjoyed in Nov/Dec.
Does your Nadia grow well with regular maintenance for pests/fungal diseases, or does it even grow well with little maintenance? Being able to take grafts is definitely a plus, gives me a chance to try more varieties. Have you grafted mainly Japanese plums or Europeans and American x Japanese hybrids too?
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Maybe it’s not completely impossible, but most nurseries don’t. It seems Gurney’s doesn’t ship to Canada. Seeds are easier to get from the US.