I got some of these at Costco today in the San Diego area. It is definitely not Inca. Inca is ripe when yellow. Inca is a Luther Burbank cultivar. These are not ripe until they have turned from yellow to orange.
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Greg, if you can ascertain the grower or packer on the label or packaging, you might be able to find their web site online, then shoot them an email ,asking them if they can ID the cultivar for you. Some are accommodating.
Patty S.
Meh. The plums aren’t that great, so it’s not worth the effort – I think the primary appeal as a commercial plum is that they color up after picking (yellow - > orange/red) and they can be picked rock hard. Which is ideal for both the shipper and the retailer.
The Lemon Plums come from San Francisco Lo Garcés in Chile. Their website does not have info on the plum. It works nicely as a commercial plum since color accurately shows ripeness and it can be shipped in it’s hard unripe yellow state. Once it gets light orange it’s about a week away from being fully ripe where it is a dark orange/purple. If kept refrigerated it ripens very slowly.
Agreed.
Well I’m out voted. I though they were great. The ones I have change a lot as they ripen. The picture that @Borer_the_explorer showed are plums that are not yet ripe.
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I agree, once they were turning red they were very good.
OK I’ll state it this way – they were good for an imported plum from costco.
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I understand that. I rarely eat a store bought plum.
I’m curious how long the Lemon Plums can be stored. This one is two month old from pick date. They were picked before they where ripe and are tart with little sweetness in that state. This 2 month old one was now sweet and juicy. I have some more so I’ll continue to see how long I can store them.
I just came across your Lemon plums in the grocery.
Not bad. Sweet juicy bubble gum flavor inside. A little sourness in the thin skin.
Considering I haven’t eaten a fresh plum in half a year, I was very glad to have them. My kid loves them.
They do look a lot like Inca and Superior plums, but are likely their own distinct cultivar. They have the EXACT same label as the ones eaten last year by @Borer_the_explorer!
Your plum looks like it might be one of the Mariana variants often used as root stock for other plums. The one I have is also a light barer, of similar size, has the blood red flesh but has more of the waxy bloom on the skin. I don’t think it’s identical to yours, but my hunch is that they are genetic sisters. God bless.
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Thank you so much Marcus.
I moved it back in container and relocation to new place in next winter.
These are coming back to the stores these days. I read this thread but I still can’t figure it out. Are these only grown in Chile?
I guess they would grow them in Israel where they were developed. I never had an actually good one. But there appeance reminds me it’s time to start my spraying.
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I got the same plums from a local Korean grocery store. They taste really good once turned orange. Smell good too. I really like them. Is this variety (I mean tree) available for sale by any nurseries in US?
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I couldn’t find them or the patent of the variety, let’s grow the seeds 
Looks like one of the plums bred by Israeli Ben Dor Nurseries. I wish I could get a tree of variety like Plumegranate
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I had the same thoughts - growing it from seeds if it is not available from nurseries here. That is why I went back the store to buy some more, because I forgot to save any seeds. Not sure if these seeds are viable. But if someone has this variety, it would save so much time and get rid of all uncertainties.
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Thank you for the info!
Yep. That is the one. It seems under this Lemon Plum category there are multiple cultivars, ripening in different months. Still hope someone has this tree in US.
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