An early-season culinary plum with a good flavor.
Ersinger Fruhzwetsche plum identification images
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USDA identification images for Ersinger Fruhzwetsche
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Visitor reviews
- 14 Jul 2016 WASHINGTON, United StatesErsinger is our first plum of 20 varieties. It's pleasantly sweet with only slight tang, plump-firm to soft with no bitterness or astringence in the skin, flavor-reminds me of soaked raisins, 95 percent freestone, a strong-growing tree that needs some branch thinning to keep out suspected brown rot.
Tree register
United States
- Gil Schieber in Snohomish, WA
United Kingdom
- Alison Underwood in Colwyn Bay, NORTH WALES
Spring blossom records for this variety
2016 season
- 20th March 2016 - tree owned by Gil in Snohomish, United States
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Harvest records for this variety
2016 season
- 2nd week July 2016 - tree owned by Gil in Snohomish, United States
Origins
- Species: Prunus domestica - European plum
- Originates from: Germany
- Introduced: 19th century
Identification
- Country of origin: Germany
- Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
- Fruit colour: Purple
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Keeping (of fruit): 1 week
- Flavour quality: Good
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Culinary
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
- Plum pox virus / Sharka: Some resistance
Where to buy fresh fruit
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