Late summer, yellow flesh.
Experimental Station, Morden, 1939. Seedling of Assiniboine. Seed was donated to Morden in 1922 by the Minnesota State Fruit Breeding Program.
Cheery 1½" clingstone fruits are reddish-purplish-orange with a waxy bloom. Yellow flesh is sweet and juicy, good for eating right off the tree, in jams, chutney, tarts or infused in vodka! Skin is a bit sour but not off-putting. Tree is upright, spreading and a prolific annual bearer. Bears around the last week of August in central Maine.
A few years ago our friend Michele brought this plum to a late-summer potluck. They were dazzling and delicious and when she said her tree bears year after year all by itself we couldn’t believe it. But it’s true! So, may be self-fertile, but plant with Prunus americana or hybrid plums for best pollination. Zone 3.