Juna (S)
Plum, Prunus domestica
Early ripening plum with excellent fresh market and baking qualities. The very evenly ripening fruits can be picked in two rounds when there was thorough fruit-thinning.
Blossom
Blooming date
early
Fertility
self-fertile
Fruit
Ripening time
early, 2. plum week, between 'Herman' and 'Katinka (S)'
Scale, shape
Ø 28 - 30 mm, ovoid
Colour
evenly blue coloured, heavy bloom
Fruit flesh
greenish yellow, very juicy, finely textured when fully ripe
Taste
well balanced sugar-acid ratio
Stone separability
freestone
Plum pox
tolerant (according to breeder)
Tree
Vigour
medium strong, semi-upright to spreading, good branching
Crop load
from an early age high and regular, to high crop load leads to small fruit size
Origin
Breeder, Place
Research station Balsgard, Sweden, published 1974
Lizenzinhaber
Artevos, Deutschland
Parents
Katinka (S) x Zwintschers Frühe
Property rights
registered for EU plant variety rights