Alan, you are not a Snob, and I absolutely agree that it is absolutely necessary to properly carry out fruit trees work (proper pruning, thinning, etc …), in order to obtain the best quality of fruits (the weather is a parameter as we can’t handle ).
And I also agree that personal tastes and opinions are like the ass, and we each have our own (celebrate Clint Eastwood quote).
But regardless of all this, there are always varieties of plums that are better valued than others.
An example of good quality are some of the plum varieties from the AURORA program at the University of Alabama (I can only speak judiciously of the AU-Rubrun variety because I have already eaten it from the harvest of my orchard , and it is delight), AU-Producer and AU-Roadside are two varieties that are newly grafted, and I have included them in my collection after seeing the quality of AU-Rubrun.
I would like to know if any of you have AU-Homeside and his opinion about it.
AU-Rubrun
You have named three good singers, and three good guitarists, but the question is:
Why only settle for three (or four, or five) hahahahahahaha, when can we have the complete discographies hahahahaha?
How could I resist having all this:
The catalog of plums from Orero nurseries is impressive
New varieties from Provedo nurseries are essential
And of course , how to avoid “peck” some of all these:
https://www.cot-international.eu/en/products-overview/8/plums
https://vivaizanzi.it/product-category/susino/
https://battistinivivai.com/it/piante-da-frutto/susino
I honestly cannot resist adding a few varieties of plums to my orchard, year after year (varieties of plums, cherries, peaches, etc …)
If you are a snob, I am an "absolutely crazy guy " hahahahahahaha.
Alan, you are the culprit.
I have looked now , in the catalog of the Italian nursery Zanzi, and there are two new varieties that I do not have in my collection:
- Tasty Sweet (18/20 ° Brix)
Add to the list of guitarists to Paco de Lucia and Keith Richards , these two plums trees , they will come to my home in winter , i’m so sorry hahahahahaha.
ztom, the surprise that you are going to take with the Crimson Glo plum variety "is capital letter ".
It is a very tasty plum (sweet and with many aromas of strawberry and red fruits), it is one of the best plums you are going to eat, avoid harvesting it overripe, as it loses a lot of quality.
I cannot tell you how it behaves in humid climates, since my region is very dry (little rain and very little humidity), but I can tell you that it is a variety that my friends grow very close to the coast in towns like Villajoyosa, or San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante province), which are towns with high humidity and heavy rains in spring and summer, and this plum behaves wonderfully well in those towns on the Mediterranean coast.
Regards
Jose