Cocheco Hybrid Plum

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Cocheco Hybrid Plum

Prunus spp. Midsummer. Purple Heart x unnamed red-leaf plum. Elwin Meader intro, Rochester, NH, 1968.

Red-orange medium-sized fruit with soft sweet pinkish flesh. One of the first to ripen midsummer. In a lengthy Maine Sunday Telegram article on Sept. 8, 1968, Meader said, “It’s an example of being able to have your cake and eat it. The new tree is beautiful enough to be an ornamental. It also has delicious fruit and windbreak value.” Red twigs and buds in winter, light pink flowers in spring, glossy red foliage all summer long. Even from 100' away, it is a strikingly beautiful sight.

Relatively large tree with an upright growth habit. May be self-pollinating, though we recommend treating it like other hybrid plums. Z4. Maine Grown. Indigenous Royalties. (3–6' bare-root trees)



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Additional Information

Hybrid Plums

Hybrid plums require a second variety for pollination. The North American native plum Prunus americana is a particularly good pollinator for hybrid plums. Your plum trees can be planted close to form a thicket, or spaced 15–20' in an orchard setting.

At maturity, hybrid plums are roughly 15–20' tall.

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