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Variety traits

Plum taste and aroma

Prunus domestica L.

The evaluation of plum taste and aroma is conducted organoleptically using a five-point scale and supplemented by laboratory analysis of sugar and titratable acid content. These indicators are key criteria in cultivar testing and breeding for determining the consumer value of the fruit.

In the reference 203 varieties crop European plum, where this is mentioned in the description.

Plum fruit tasting evaluation is carried out by experts on a five-point scale, where scores of 4.8–5.0 are considered excellent, 4.4–4.7 are very good, 3.8–4.3 are good, 3.0–3.7 are mediocre, and below 3 points are considered inedible. Aroma is evaluated by experts as part of the overall tasting profile without being isolated as a separate quantitative parameter.

Objective biochemical indicators that form the taste of a plum include sugar content, determined refractometrically, and the level of titratable acids, which create a 'sugar-acid' balance. The accumulation of pectin substances, vitamins, and organic acids, such as malic and citric, is also taken into account, which directly depends on the plant nutrition system and agrotechnical factors, including crop load management.

General information about the subject — on the page Taste and aroma.

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Varieties of European 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.

nr 7346

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Hartmann Walter

DE UA
6 records

Hanita

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Walter Hartmann c/o Universität Hohenheim

AT CZ DE HU NL PL +1
18 records

Opal

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Statens Tradgardsforksoks Instituten, SW

CZ FR NL PL
15 records

Azura

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Universitat Hohenheim, D

DE UA
6 records

Ive

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITÄTET

DK NL SE
5 records

Avalon

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

R P JONES

NL
5 records

Valor

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

CZ FR NL PL
15 records

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

DE
7 records

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

IT
2 records

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
3 records

Courod

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

COURS GILBERT

3 records

Emperor

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Doyle, James F.|Clovis, CA / Jong, Theodore M. De|Davis, CA

3 records

Vilmitar

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Estonian University of Life Sciences Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Polli Horticultural Research Centre

EE
4 records

Queen Victoria

Protection expired

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Lietuvos agrarinių ir miškų mokslų centro filialas Sodininkystės ir daržininkystės institutas

LT SI
2 records

NR 8731

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Akademischer Oberrat Dr. Walter Hartmann

DE
2 records

Ferbleue

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR

FR
3 records

ZAIROBE

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Floyd Zaiger (US)

FR
2 records

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

CZ SK
3 records

Bryská

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

CZ SK
5 records

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

FR NL
4 records