Japanese plums
Japanese plums are usually larger than European plums and have a rich sweet flavour.
Japanese plum trees
Flavor King is a pluot (Japanese plum / apricot cross) with large sweet fruit.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 1
Japanese plum trees
Methley is a Japanese plum (Prunus salicina), as opposed to the more usual European plums (Prunus domestica).
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
How to choose Japanese plums
The plums most commonly found year-round in supermarkets are Japanese plums, they are usually quite large and spherical, and keep well. Japanese plum trees need a warm climate without spring frosts, and with hot summers to grow successfully. They are grown commercially in California, and Chile.
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