Plums & Prunes
IN GENERAL ORDER OF RIPENING IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON
The fruit is large, round, and uniform in size. Santa Rosa has dark red to crimson colored skin with delicious, yellow flesh. Its flavor and fragrant aroma make it a favorite for eating right off the tree. The tree is large and productive.
Dark red skin covers the red flesh of this sweet plum. Satsuma is a good cropper that sets consistent crops of medium-sized fruit. Not recommended as a pollinator for other red-fleshed plums such as Duarte and Elephant Heart.
A large, heart-shaped plum, Duarte has deep red skin and flesh color. The fruit is large and very juicy when ripe. It has a sweet flavor and is excellent for eating fresh or for canning.
An excellent commercial variety, this prune plum ripens 10 days to two weeks ahead of regular Italian. A very good shipper, it produces large, oval fruit. It is very similar to Italian in shape and color.
A large, heart-shaped fruit with red flesh and dark red skin. This old favorite has good quality and a distinctive flavor.
One of the finer prune-plum varieties, this excellent shipping prune is a heavy bearer. It produces large, dark purple fruit that is good for both canning and drying.
This firm, excellent quality variety produces fruit with purple skin and golden flesh. Stanley can be counted on to produce heavy crops.
Back by popular demand! Plum growers gave us an earful when we stopped growing Empress, and with good reason. This large plum has good flavor and eye appeal. It resembles President Plum, with blue skin and amber flesh. President is a good cross pollinator for this variety.
The fruit is oblong in shape with dark blue skin and yellow flesh. This variety is a very heavy producer that is popular for commercial plantings.
This tree produces a medium-sized yellow plum that ripens early and is very juicy. The tree is hardy and very productive.