unidentified black plum

habitat_gardener · September 3, 2013

I got several plants from the local nursery. Actually, their compost dumpster. So most of them did not come with name tags. They sell lots of heirlooms, and I guessed by the shape of the soil block that they came from the wholesaler I like that has lots of good varieties.

One of them is producing ~3-inch elongated black plums that have a pretty good sweet flavor. It's not Black Plum, which I've grown and is much smaller and darker. And they're not pear-shaped like Trifele. They feel ripe when they have some color all over, but are not too dark. Any ideas?

fwiw, the wholesaler's list of 2013 varieties is at http://www.dorights.com/2013VintageVeggies.pdf
but nothing on the tomato list sounds remotely like what I'm getting except maybe Green Sausage (but the ends of my fruits are not sharply pointed like the ones pictured at Tatiana's tomatobase). Of course, they don't always list everything that they sell, it's possible the plant came from a different source, and it's possible seeds got mixed up.

(It's possible it's a wispy determinate, but I'll have to take a closer look at the plant the next time I go to that garden. I've been picking at dusk a lot and haven't been paying attention to my newer plants as much.)

September 3, 2013	#1
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	unidentified black plum I got several plants from the local nursery. Actually, their compost dumpster. So most of them did not come with name tags. They sell lots of heirlooms, and I guessed by the shape of the soil block that they came from the wholesaler I like that has lots of good varieties. One of them is producing ~3-inch elongated black plums that have a pretty good sweet flavor. It's not Black Plum, which I've grown and is much smaller and darker. And they're not pear-shaped like Trifele. They feel ripe when they have some color all over, but are not too dark. Any ideas? fwiw, the wholesaler's list of 2013 varieties is at http://www.dorights.com/2013VintageVeggies.pdf but nothing on the tomato list sounds remotely like what I'm getting except maybe Green Sausage (but the ends of my fruits are not sharply pointed like the ones pictured at Tatiana's tomatobase). Of course, they don't always list everything that they sell, it's possible the plant came from a different source, and it's possible seeds got mixed up. (It's possible it's a wispy determinate, but I'll have to take a closer look at the plant the next time I go to that garden. I've been picking at dusk a lot and haven't been paying attention to my newer plants as much.)