Hardy trees produce intensely flavored, sweet rich fruits great for fresh eating preserving and drying. Later blooming than Japanese plums, they set fruit more reliably in areas with cold and wet springs and as such are more popular in Northern climates. Pretty compact trees are showy in bloom and fruit and grow to about 15 feet t... (continued below)
Very late ripening, at the end of September, it is one of the last stone fruits eaten fresh on our farm every fall. The nectarous, delicious fruits are similar in size and shape to Opal. Old Hungarian variety dating to 1870 given to me by my friend and avid fruit collector Ed Suij.
