A new blue dessert plum with sweet yellow flesh, and good disease resistance.
USDA identification images for Toptaste Kulinaria
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
- 05 Jun 2022I planted two of these in South Yorkshire 2 years ago. They are very susceptible to leaf curling midge. My other plum trees varieties aside Mirabelle de Nancy, are not similarly affected and are doing well. To be fair I live on an exposed hilltop, but I expected better.
Tree register
United Kingdom
- Christopher Davidson in Badrallach, HIGHLANDS
Origins
- Species: Prunus domestica - European plum
Identification
- Country of origin: Germany
- Period of origin: 2000
- Fruit colour: Blue - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
- Fruit size: Large
- Fruit shape: Oval
Using
- Cling-stone: Freestone
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 1 week
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Ripens over a period
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Dual purpose
- Picking month: August
- Picking period: mid-August
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Organic culture: Suitable
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Do not prune
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Soil type: Normal
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
- Brown rot: Some resistance
- Plum pox virus / Sharka: Some resistance
- Blossom wilt: Some resistance
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Toptaste Kulinaria plum trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Toptaste Kulinaria plum trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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