Variety profile
Plum ‚The Czar’
Prunus domestica · Rosaceae
- Ripening
- mittelfrüh
- Harvest
- Week 31 to 33
- Vigour
- mittel
- Origin
- England
- Introduced
- 1874
- Self-fertile
- Yes
- Pollination group
- selbstfruchtbar
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Tafel, Einmachen, Backen
- Rootstock
- St. Julien A, Wavit, Wangenheims Frühzwetschge Sämling
- Disease resistance
- Monilia: mittel, Scharka: mittel
About this variety
Machine-translated, may contain errors.
This early English plum gives you medium sized fruit with a blue bloom from the beginning of August. It is self fertile, so you do not need a second tree nearby, and as a reliable pollen donor it also pollinates other cultivars well. The tree crops early and regularly, but is considered poor at storing: best enjoyed fresh or processed straight away.
Juicy, mildly tart flesh with a refreshing note and rather restrained sweetness. Best straight from the tree; in cake and compote it brings a pleasant freshness.
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.
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