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Cultivar Plum

Purple King

Prunus domestica

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Description

Purple King is a cultivar of plum. This is a quality dessert plum with attractive large fruit that have purple skin and yellow flesh. Ripens late January. A good choice for warmer areas of NZ as this vigorous grower shows good tolerance to heat and humidity. Pollinate with Duff's Early Jewel, Sultan or Red Doris. Deciduous. Matures to around 5 m tall by 3 m wide.

Characteristics

Fruit Size

Large

Skin Colour

Red

Harvest Timing (NZ)

Early

Notes

Habit: Tree Multi Branched. This is a quality dessert plum with attractive large fruit that have purple skin and yellow flesh. Ripens late January. A good choice for warmer areas of NZ as this vigorous grower shows good tolerance to heat and humidity. Pollinate with Duff's Early Jewel, Sultan or Red Doris. Deciduous.

Fruit Use

Dessert

Country Availability

Known to be available in 1 country

New Zealand