Variety profile
Mirabelle plum ‚Bellamira’
Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca · Rosaceae
Protected variety (plant breeders' rights)
- Ripening
- mittel
- Harvest
- Week 31 to 33
- Vigour
- stark
- Origin
- Geisenheim, Deutschland
- Introduced
- 2005
- Self-fertile
- Yes
- Use
- Tafel, Einmachen, Backen
- Rootstock
- Wavit, St. Julien A, Fereley (Jaspi)
- Disease resistance
- Monilia: mittel, Scharka: hoch
About this variety
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You will discover that ‚Bellamira’ is a modern Geisenheim breeding and a real alternative to the old Mirabelle plums: it is large-fruited, productive, and especially highly tolerant against the Scharka virus disease, which has ruined the classic Mirabelle plums. It is self-fertile and ripens early, from the end of July to the beginning of August (week 31). The tree grows robustly and bears reliably. The variety is protected by plant variety rights.
You will notice that ‚Bellamira’ offers significantly larger fruits than the old Mirabelle plums, with firm, golden-yellow fruit and a full, sweet-spicy aroma. It is a good table fruit and also robust enough for canning and baking.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
All care notes for Mirabelle plum