I got some wild plum in the corner of my acerage. They tasted real sweet with flavor resembling of Toka bubblegum. The wild turkey loved them also . No spray needed. I didn’t see much bug bites on them. I wonder if I can cross them with Methley Japanese plum or plots or Au cherry plum?
Tony
I sent @DennisD some scions of the Wild Plums that grow along my in-laws pasture fence. Ours get hammered by bugs/birds when they are not quite ripe.
Hi Tony
A peak at my blossom chart for a couple years tells me that Wild Goose is my latest blossoming variety. This year I had many blossoms on them but no fruit set. I tried hand pollinating and got lots of fruitlets which later all dropped off. So maturity of my three trees is still not ready to produce. My Wild goose was not in full blossom until May 1 st. The latest blossoming Asians I have are Satsuma, Improved Satsuma, Obilnaya and Beauty the latter two are both prolific flowering so they might be the best cross pollination candidates. All other Asian varieties have lost petals by the time Wild Goose is in full blossom. Saving pollen from any Asian variety would probably work though.
Dennis
Kent, Wa
Tony, how were the skins? The wild plums I find here are sweet on the inside, but the skins are SOUR and it makes them hard to eat fresh out of hand. Otherwise , completely problem free !
The skin has a slight tartness but sweet and juicy inside. I usually took a bite then squeeze the inside in my mouth then throw away the skin.
Tony
