2021 - Hot, dry spring. 5/18-21 all plums in full bloom. 5/27 four nights freezes 24-30 deg. No fruit.   Decided to cut down tree as the overgrown and split grafts of LaCrescent and Underwood are not getting any better. Both of those varieties leaves continued to be healthier than the other plums however. But the continued lack of fruit due to spring frosts and/or pollination issues makes me wonder if it just isn't viable to grow plums here. Removing this tree did open up this area so hopefully the better air circulation will be better for the other plum trees.

2019 - Sept.7-11     5 ripe fruit, juicy, very good

2018 - Good bloom - 1 fruit, small but tasty, juicy, sweet - Sept 1. Long whippy growth high, not much low. Leaves continue healthier (along with Underwood) than other plums. Need to graft onto a new rootstock.

2017 - Bloomed. One small fruit; cracked (very wet year); picked 9/9 - very good. Moderate blight/leaf holes, aphids. Graft area overlarge, hollow, ants. Early June cut out large left (ctr) branch at gobby base. Wood healthy under graft bark. Also pruned off an east branch. Looks better. Good bloom, timing with others, no fruit. Moderate leaf holes/blight; healthy new growth. West limb may be original chum rootstock.

2016 - Good blossoms, 2 fruit. Ate 8/23. small, 1 - 1 1/4". Nice, sweet, slightly sour skin, small pit, maybe overripe but very good.

2015 - In spite of poor fruit set year got 3 small yellow plums. Harv. early Sept. Very good!

2011 - TriPlum - grafted 3 varieties April 7 onto Rootstock - I think was from a planted cherry plum (would have had to be from Sapalta) in 1991, transplanted 2001, then 2004 to current spot. Small, yellow, large pit fruit, little flesh (but good), tough skin. 2011 cut off 3 main branches 1-2 ft from trunk. Rind/bark graft La Crescent (se) (Fedco scion), Underwood (ne) (Fedco scion), Gracious (w) (own tree fresh cut). 2 scions, 2-3 buds each. Left one original branch (should have cut off next year! But didn’t till 2017) which had a half dozen fruit. All grafts took and grew well.

Online Notes: Late Summer. Also known as Golden La Crescent or Golden Minnesota. Most of the hybrid plum varieties are colored with some variation of red and orange with a little purple tossed in. Yellow-skinned La Crescent is one notable exception. The beautiful roundish tender thin-skinned yellow fruit is sometimes blushed with a little pink. Tender yellow juicy flesh of excellent quality is sweet, aromatic and suggestive of apricots. Freestone. Upright spreading vigorous tree.

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