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Elephant Hear Plum- Variety Information
- Dark red skin with semi-freestone flesh.
- Sweet with little or no tartness and a pleasing, mild flavor.
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Great choice for milder climates.
- The tree has a narrow, upright growth habit.
- Japanese varieties bloom and ripen earlier, tend and to have larger crops.
- Larger, firmer fleshed, and rounder than European plums.
- Japanese plum trees have rougher bark, more persistent spurs, and more numerous flowers than European plums.
- They are also more precocious, disease-resistant, and vigorous than European plums.
- By pruning, you can keep your tree at any height.
- USDA Zone 5-9, Requires 500 chill hours to set fruit.
- Protect when temperatures fall below -20°F.
- Pollinator required: Beauty or Santa Rosa plum
- Approximate harvest period (for Central CA): September.
- Grafted onto Mariana 26-24 rootstock
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