Tophit Plus plum trees

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• Picking season: Very late
• Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Flowering group: 2

Tophit Plus is a modern eating plum, featuring very large blue fruits, which ripen late in the season in early September.

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Tophit Plus plum trees for sale

All about Tophit Plus plum trees

Tophit Plus is a modern eating plum, developed for commercial growers - but also a good choice for the gardener or small orchard. 

Firstly, the attractive blue plums are unusually large, often weighing well over 50g each. 

Secondly, the plums ripen very late in the plum season - in early September - when there are not many alternatives. A further advantage is that they do not all ripen at once, so you can usually pick them progressively over a week or so.

Tophit Plus is a "freestone" plum, so the stone can be removed easily from the yellow / green flesh. The plums have an exceptionally long shelf-life - they can be kept fresh in a fridge for several weeks.

So if you are looking for a tasty late-season plum Tophit Plus is a very good choice.

Growing and Training

Tophit Plus is easy to grow. The blossom is reasonably self-fertile, so you don't necessarily need another plum tree nearby. It also has some resistance to plum pox.

To achieve the best fruit size be sure to thin the plum fruitlets after the blossom has finished.

History

Tophit Plus was developed at the Geisenheim Research Institute in Germany and released in 1987. It is a cross between Cacak's Best and President - both varieties which are well-known for the large size of their fruits.

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More about plum trees

Eating plums, also known as dessert plums, offer some of the sweetest flavours possible in the temperate garden, rivaling the best of tropical fruits. We particularly rate Avalon, Oullins Gage, Cambridge Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, Old Green Gage, and Opal.

There are several things you can do, as the gardener, to enhance the flavours of these sweet fruits. Firstly, try to plant the tree in full sun - because it is sunlight that ripens the fruits and ensures the maximum sweetness. Secondly, thin the fruitlets in June. To be fair, thinning plum fruitlets is a tedious job, but it is well worth doing because most plum varieties set too many fruits, which leads to poorer fruit size and bland flavours. So if you think your tree has over-set, carefully prune off the developing fruitlets, and don't be surprised if you end up removing half of them or even more - the tree will reward you later on.

Please note that plum trees are generally not suitable for growing in containers.