| Cultivar Name: |
Emperor
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| Type |
Plum/prune |
| Patent |
The Regents of the University of California (Berkeley, CA) 1993 PP08188
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| Parentage |
OP seedling of UC selection 11,15-27= [OP seedling of UC selection 15-16(=Burton x Yakima)]
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| Usage |
Scion
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| Products |
Fresh Market
|
| Yield |
High
|
| Flesh Color |
Amber
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| Pit |
Cling
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| Ripening time |
+4
weeks relative to
Santa Rosa
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
Successfully pollinized by French Prune
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| Description |
Originated in Parlier, California, by J.F. Doyle and T.M. DeJong. Emperor is a uniform plum, very large thats oblong to oval shaped. A midseason plum of high quality and high productivity. Skin is dark blue with waxy gray bloom with amber flesh. Heat tolerant; excellent fresh fruit. Trees are very vigorous, large, upright to upright-spreading. Very productive, regular bearer. Not highly self-fertile; successfully pollinized by French Prune. Should be propagated on plum rootstock, preferably Marianna, not on peach. |
| References |
- The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties. Third Edition. 1997. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
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