Kirke's Blue European Plum Features_Cold Hardy From New York Fruit Testing

From New York Fruit Testing

Prunus salicina x 'Weeping Santa Rosa'

fully double flowers

The third year and thereafter

Interspecific peach: peach/plum

Kirke's Blue European Plum Features_Cold Hardy From New York Fruit TestingPrunus domestica 'Kirke's Blue' Introduced by Joseph Kirke of London in 1830, this large, round, dark blue plum is still the finest flavored of all. Each August, trees at the Wisley Royal Horticultural gardens produce incomparable freestone fruit with yellow, drippingly juicy flesh and fantastic flavor. This particular variety will flourish in dry spring regions that enjoy solid summer heat. Partially self fertile in many locations, and larger yields