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Burgundy Plum- Variety Information
- Maroon-colored skin with semi-freestone flesh.
- Sweet with little or no tartness and a pleasing, mild flavor.
- Good choice for milder climates.
- Burgundy plums are known to give a very productive, prolonged harvest.
- Narrow tree with upright growth habit.
- Self-fruitful; makes a great pollinator for most other plums.
- These Japanese varieties bloom and ripen earlier, tend and to have larger crops.
- Larger, firmer fleshed, and rounder than European plums.
- Japanese plum trees have rougher bark, more persistent spurs, and more numerous flowers than European plums.
- They are also more precocious, disease-resistant, and vigorous than European plums.
- By pruning, you can keep your tree at any height.
- USDA Zone 6-10, Requires 300 chill hours to set fruit. Protect when temperatures fall below -10°F.
- Approximate harvest period (for Central CA): July / August.
- Grafted onto Citation rootstock