Plum
Variety: Herman
Species: Prunus domestica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Research station Balsgard, Sweden, published 1974 |
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| Parents | The Czar x Ruth Gerstetter |
| Property rights | free variety |
Blossom
| Blooming date | medium late |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
Fruit
| Ripening time | early, 2. plum week, just after 'Ruth Gerstetter', tends to early fruit-drop |
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| Scale, shape | medium to large, globose |
| Colour | blue to dark blue, heavy bloom, slightly reddish on shaded side |
| Fruit flesh | green to pale yellow, firm, very juicy |
| Taste | medium to good, sweet-sourish |
| Stone separability | freestone |
| Plum pox | tolerant |
Tree
| Vigour | medium to strong habit, semi-upright to spreading, sparsely branching in the nursery |
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| Crop load | from an early age high and regular, pruning of fruit wood and fruit-thinning is necessary for maintaining good fruit size |
Evaluation
This variety ripens shortly after 'Ruth Gerstetter'. The fruit has good baking qualities, but when planted in early sites it can also be marketed for fresh eating. For achieving good aroma more than one pick is necessary. At to high crop load flat taste and biennial bearing is possible.