Plum
Variety: Cacaks Fruchtbare
Species: Prunus domestica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Institut Cacak, Serbia |
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| Parents | Stanley x Pozegaca (Hauszwetschge), 1961 |
| Synonym | Cacanska rodna |
| Property rights | free variety |
Blossom
| Blooming date | medium |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium late, 8. plum week |
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| Scale, shape | medium, >35 mm, 30-45 g, ellipsoid |
| Colour | purple blue with dark blue bloom |
| Fruit flesh | greenish yellow, firm, juicy |
| Taste | aromatic and sweet at ideal crop load, too high crop load leads to poor flavour |
| Cracking sensitivity | low |
| Stone separability | freestone |
| Plum pox | high to very high susceptibility, if there is a high infestation the tree ages fast, early fruit fall and fruit deformation is possible |
| Storage | possible for 2 weeks, very easy transport |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, at mature stage harmonious growth, good branching |
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| Crop load | high yielding variety, a weak growing rootstock is only suitable for best soils |
Evaluation
Cacaks Fruchtbare is well known for its good baking characteristics and therefore is widely planted in orchards. This high yielding variety allows for high picking rates, but a thorough fruit-thinning is necessary to prevent biennial bearing. Important to mention is the high susceptibility to Plum Plox Virus of this variety.