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Wild Plum Tree I.D

jeremiahgoudreau

16 years ago

Hi,

My grandmother recently acquired a property in mid-Maine with a large, plum tree that has deeelicious fruit on it.

There is only one in the area, so it must be self-fruitful.

The fruit: transparent, see-through yellow; no red at all. It has a stone inside and about 2-4inches. Very good fresh eating.

The tree: healthy, with no suckering.

Im thinking its an American plum but cant find any good pictures of fruit that look like it. What do you think?

I plan on grafting it onto rootstock from Fedco next year.

Thanks for your help,

-Jeremiah

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Comments (3)

theaceofspades
16 years ago
See through yellow plum sounds like Shiro. Shiro is a early ripening Japanese type hybrid. Shiro is very juicy
and can get large with fruit thinning. I think you are exaggerating when you say the stone is 2-4 inches. Shiro is somewhat self fertile. If the plums are small and have an apricot flavor it may be La Crescent, and American hybrid plum with Shiro parentage. European type plums are self fruitful but yellow European plums are rare so I doubt it is European.
jeremiahgoudreau
Original Author
16 years ago
The fruit is 2-4inches, not the stone.

It does look like Shiro now that I searched images, thanks for the help!
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theaceofspades
16 years ago
Good luck with the Shiro plum. Graft on other hybrid plums for more reliable pollination.

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