It is best suited for the fresh market. It is large in size, often twice the size of French. It has an early date of maturity, ripening in mid July in an average year. The fruit is dark purple to almost blue in color, covered by a grayish waxy bloom. The use of this cultivar for drying is limited—large pit size, drying time that exceeds twenty hours and tendency to bleed and slab. Good pruning and thinning practices must be observed to reduce the fruit load so that acceptable sugar content will develop.
Muir Beauty
Ripens earlier than Sutter and Improved French
A new plum cultivar developed within the University of California Dried Plum/Prune Cultivar Improvement Program for use by the dried fruit industry. It is an excellent dried plum that ripens earlier than both the Sutter and the Improved French. Muir Beauty is the recommended pollinizer for the Tulare Gia
Improved French
Ripens in August,Large with dark blue skin. It is tender, fine textured with a rich sweet flesh. It is California’s leading prune and is self-fertile.
