PLUMCANDY XII : 5A713 : ROSETTA JEWEL

MATURITY

Ripens +75, about October 8th in Kingsburg, CA.

SKIN COLOR

FLESH COLOR

SHAPE

SIZE

Large, 2 3/4" (70 mm).

TEXTURE

FLAVOR

Good flavor, typically  18 Brix. 

AROMA

SKIN CRACKING

None observed. 

CROPPING

Very heavy crop. 

BLOOMING PERIOD

CONFIRMED POLLINATORS

work both ways

WILL POLLINATE THESE OTHER VARIETIES

work both ways

BLOSSOM DENSITY

FLOWER TYPE

POLLEN PRODUCTION

Abundant, bee enticing. 

PLANTING SUGGESTIONS

TREE DESCRIPTION

COLD STORAGE DATA

   Excellent.  Fruit quality observed to remain in good condition in after 30 days in standard cold room at 36° Fahrenheit [2° Celsius].  

OVERALL

NOTES:

Spiking a pollinator means to graft a central limb or a side scaffold of the commercial variety with one of the confirmed pollinators.  For difficult setting varieties, the recommended method would be to spike each tree once with a confirmed pollinator throughout the commercial orchard.  The pollinators should be alternated.  For easy to set varieties, spiking about one tree in five has shown to be effective.  Some growers prefer to interplant the pollinator in the same row between two trees of the preferred variety and grow them in a flagpole or very upright V-style, often pulling and tying a limb toward the center of each adjoining tree.

Combination plantings are made of 2 or 3 varieties that benefit the pollination at least one way, and preferably each way.  Alternating 4 rows of each is most common, alternating 2 rows of each gives better pollination, but does not harvest as efficiently.  Also, it is usually beneficial to insert pollinators along the center 2 rows of a 4 row planting.