Yes for me the looks of the fruit was a big draw. Also that East Malling institute wants to put it in it’s breeding programs. That was a good sign it’s a worthy fruit. Plus this got here fast from Australia, not like we have a ton of Aussie trees around here! This is extremely unusual, and I can’t imagine the effort it took to build a world wide distribution is over something that sucks. No this fruit has had green lights at every intersection. I have read reports too that it does taste like cherry, and plum too, a mix of both is what I have read on taste. The article said it is better than the pluerry that doesn’t really taste like a cherry.Well they were diplomatic and just said other sweet cherry x plum crosses were disappointing with little to no cherry flavor, and Nadia does have cherry flavor. Here’s The article, posted by the weatherman on Garden Web. The very first post about this fruit. Plums don’t fruit well in 2nd leaf, that certainly is not unusual, it’s too early to judge performance just yet.
Black Amber seems like a lost cultivar here. A California cultivar btw.
I have not heard of any of us growing it? Grandpa’s sells it, the description
“The Black Amber plum is a high quality fruit with a rapid growing, heavy bearing tree. It has round, firm dark
purple fruit that closely resembles a Friar plum. It ripens with Santa
Rosa and is a good companion for that variety.”
A description from Boyer Nursery
"This plum has a purplish-black skin and is ovate in shape.
Very similar to Friar plum. Flesh is amber colored and sweet when fully _
ripe. Tree is vigorous and spreading. Ripens late August."
Sounds like a fairly decent plum, fast growing, heavy bearer, sounds pretty good so far. It was introduced in CA in 1980.
OK the Supreme Cherry. hard to find any info being an Australian cultivar.
I found info here
“Supreme
A seedling of unknown parentage selected by Mr C
Sackett at Young. The fruit is large and red–black.
Fruit size and shape tend to resemble that of the
Rons Seedling variety. The flavour of the Supreme
cherry is excellent, particularly for such an early
maturing variety. Flesh firmness is good but this
variety is known for splitting after the smallest
amount of wet weather. The mortality rate of trees
is also high during dry spells”
I found this too
Supreme cherries are a large heart‐shaped variety with
dark‐red to black skin and deep red flesh. They are one of the easier
cherries to pit, making them a popular choice for jam and they have a
rich, sweet flavour. Supreme cherries are available early in the season.
