Superior Plum Rootstock/Size:Krymsk 86 Semi-Dwarf: 4-6 ft. (1 yr. older) Pruned to 5 ft. for shipping

Superior Plum Rootstock/Size:Krymsk 86 Semi-Dwarf: 4-6 ft. (1 yr. older) Pruned to 5 ft. for shippingOverview Superior Plum is a cold hardy hybrid plum developed specifically to bring improved fruit quality into colder regions where pure Japanese plums often struggle. Remains one of the better known JapaneseAmerican hybrids for northern plantings. Origin & History Superior Plum was bred by University of Minnesota in 1933 from a cross of Burbank Kaga. Burbank is a Japanese plum (Prunus salicina), while Kaga is itself an interspecific hybrid derived

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longer growing season)

This variety has been successfully grown on Bruce Benson’s farm in Missoula for over 50 years

with a diffuse red blush covering roughly one-third of the fruit surface

Excellent for fresh eating

but is not required for fruit production

It survived the sub -30°F winters of the 1980s

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15 feet remains a dependable standard spacing for managed trees

and cold tolerance

with other late-blooming Harrow apricots often suggested as partners (for example

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