Plum (Prunus domestica) EKSPERIMENTĀLFELTETS

Plum (Prunus domestica) 'Eksperimentālfeltets'

A self-fertile variety with excellent sweet flavour and high sugar content.

'Eksperimentālfeltets' is an extremely rare plum variety, originally from Sweden, valued for its excellent, sweet, and very aromatic flavour. It is among the varieties with the highest sugar content. It is self-fertile, high-yielding, and its fruits are very suitable for compotes due to their firmness.

Main advantages of the variety:

• Excellent, sweet, and very aromatic flavour.
• High sugar content.
• Self-fertility.
• High yield.
• The stone separates easily from the flesh.
• An extremely rare variety.

Origin and Registration

• Country of origin: Latvia (originally a Swedish variety, 'Experimentalfältets Sviskon')
• Breeder: Information not available.
• Institution: Information not available.
• Crossing: Information not available.
• Registration: Information not available.

Variety Characteristics

Tree

• Growth: Medium.
• Flowering: Mid-early.
• Pollination: It is self-fertile.

Fruit

• Size: Medium-sized.
• Shape and colour: Oblong-oval, dark red to brownish, with a distinct light blue waxy bloom.
• Flesh: Greenish-yellow, firm and juicy.
• Flavour: Excellent, sweet and very aromatic.
• Stone: Separates well from the flesh, has characteristic pointed ends.
• Use: Versatile, very suitable for compotes.

Resistance and Requirements

• Frost resistance: Medium.
• Cracking resistance: Does not crack in compotes.

Cultivation Recommendations

• The yield is higher in the presence of pollinators such as ‘Victoria’ and ‘Oullins Gage’.

Harvest and Storage

• Harvest time: Mid-early to late, second half of August to September.
• Yield: High.
• Entry into bearing: 4th to 5th year after planting.
• Transportability: Good.