These plums have red blush to them.
A couple fell today. The rest still hold tight on the branches. I tugged on a few, they did not come off.
Japanese plum I think. Tart skin, juicy, cling stone. The rain makes the taste very mild about 11-12 brix. I wish I knew the variety.
@BobVance are yours all gone?
Another Japanese plums. Ripened now. Smallish, sweet (brix at 18-19 which is high for J plums). Yellow skin with red blush. Yellow flesh, soft and juicy.
Skin and the flesh near the pit is tart. Any idea what variety is this?
@scottfsmith , @JesseS , @alan, @BobVance , et al, any guess?
It was sent to me under Jefferson plum which was not even close. This plum is very productive.
It looks like Reema from the outside. Does it get bac spot? Reema does. I only had a few this year and can’t remember exactly the color of the flesh. The flesh in your photos looks like Lavina, which I have right now (just a few on wood I got from Bob). Beautiful orange flesh- But the skin on mine isn’t so greenish.
Alan,
You may be right. I got scionwood from you about 4 years ago. It fruited last year but it tasted better this year with a drought we are having. It is productive and tasty. Re. Bac spot. At first I thought it was sun burn but thinking back, it probably bacterial spot getting about 40% of the fruit because I did not spray this tree. Everything seems to fit your description.
I had Lavina so I don’t think it is Lavina. Ripe Lavina is almost all red outside. My new Lavina graft has not produced.
Reema is one of only 3 J. plums to fruit here this year, but I couldn’t protect them from birds- the drought seems to be driving them to fruit- not a big enough crop to bother netting but as much as Shiro set (very tough year). It has born fruit every year since it started 5 years ago.
Talking about bird pecking. Yesterday, I saw more bird pecks and planned to pick the plums today. This morning I saw more pecking. Damn birds.
As I mentioned in another thread, it looks and sounds a lot like the old Burbank plum that I grow here in California.
Does Burbank sweet? I have not received any Burbank plum but @alan sent me Reema one year.
Unfortunately, no one has info about Reema.
Yes, Burbank is quite sweet, though tart at the skin. It’s a cling plum. Ours finished ripening a week or two ago, which is a bit earlier than normal.
