Deep Purple - Cherry Plum Group-B boasting high dessert quality

boasting high dessert quality

likely a Duchess seedling

fine-grained

crisp & juicy with excellent flavor which improves in storage

Sweet-tart

Deep Purple - Cherry Plum Group-B boasting high dessert qualityDeep Purple Deep purple skin and flesh. Large (+1") fruit, meaty with a small pit. Sweet and pleasant. Ripens mid August. Plant has a prostrate growing habit, but may be trained upright for a more tree like shape. Cherry plums resulted from crosses made in the early 1900s between Prunus besseyi (sand cherry) and various plums. Plant breeders wanted to produce a fruit hardy enough to withstand the severe winters of the northern Great Plains. Even if