Cultivation

Fresh market consumption — european plum, gage, garden plum, plum, prune plum

Prunus domestica L. subsp. domestica

When selecting European plum varieties for the fresh market, fruit type, transportability, organoleptic qualities, and ripening period are taken into account. Important traits include flesh firmness, sugar content, and freestone characteristics.

In the reference 10 varieties crop Plum, where this is mentioned in the description.

European plum varieties for fresh consumption are classified by fruit types that determine the organoleptic properties of the fruit. Gages are prized for their tender flesh, while prunes are characterized by a firm, meaty consistency, harmonious flavor, and high sugar content. Mirabelles, despite their small size, also possess firm flesh suitable for fresh consumption.

Modern breeding of Prunus domestica aims to increase shelf life and skin firmness to improve transportability. In addition to flavor characteristics, fruit size, skin color, and the technological trait of freestone separation from the flesh are of critical importance for the fresh market. The allopolyploid nature of the European plum provides a wide variety of cultivars with different ripening times, which allows for extending the period of fresh produce availability on the market.

General information about the subject — on the page Fresh market use.

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Varieties of Plum mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

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