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Apricots | Peaches | Nectarines | Cherries (Sweets , Tarts , Pollination Groups ) | Plums ( Plum Varieties , Plum Rootstocks ) UPDATED February 23, 2010 At Cummins Nursery we offer Japanese Plums and European Plums, as well as the rootstocks you need for your trees. The round plums found in most supermarkets are Japanese-hybrid plums, usually produced in California. European plums are the (usually) blue "prune-plums", seldom found in the store.
Several varieties are offered for trial on the new German rootstock, the dwarfing Pumiselect. We have no orchard experience yet with Pumiselect, but the German experience has been encouraging. Pumiselect comes from Prunus pumila, the Eastern sandcherry.
MYROBOLAN (Myro) Prunus divaricata. Widely used standard-size rootstock. Compatible with wide range of cultivars. It makes a strong, well anchored tree that is well adapted to a variety of soils including heavy soils. It is susceptible to oak root fungus and nematodes. Some suckering is typical, especially right at the trunk. This is our standard rootstock. ST. JULIEN GF 655.2 Clonal rootstock for peaches and plums. Produces moderately vigorous, productive trees. Does well on heavy, wet soils. Better resistance to Phytophthora and bacterial canker than trees on peach. It has few suckers. Not available for 2010 MARIANNAGF 8-1 A vigorous stock especially well adapted to poorly drained soils. This is our basic stock for apricots; so far we have found only one apricot variety (HW 465) with which GF 8-1 is NOT compatible. We use GF 8-1 also as a plum rootstock. Not available for 2010 MARIANNA 4001 Very vigorous, early bearing and very productive. Not available for 2010
PUMISELECT is a clonal selection of Prunus pumila, the eastern sand cherry. Not all varieties are compatible. Considerably dwarfing. TORINEL® A patented Prunus hybrid that is somewhat dwarfing, well adapted to wet-feet situations. CACAK'S BEST | EMPRESS | LONGJOHN | POLLY | ERSINGER | GRAND PRIZE | *CASTLETONTM | *NY #9 | *NY #6 | *NY #21 | SENECA | VALOR | OULLINS | VICTORY | VOYAGEUR AUTUMN SWEET. On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 BLUEBYRD. Recent introduction from USDA breeding program, tested as B69158. Bright blue skin, amber-yellow flesh. Excellent flavor; good sugar-acid balance. Typically 2 inches long, not quite as wide. Ripens 10 days before Stanley. Erect growth habit; spur fruiting. Self-infertile; requires pollenizer such as Stanley or Green Gage. Well adapted to Mid-Atlantic region. On "Myro" for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 BLUES SAM On PUMISELECT for 2010 CASTLETON®(NY 66.609.4) Early , high quality blue plum, ripening a month before Empress. Ripens 3 weeks before Stanley. Takes on deep blue color well before maturity; must depend on taste test for determining picking time. Dual purpose -- a fine early dessert plum, but also an excellent processing variety. Fruit medium size, freestone; pit does not shatter or split. Self-fruitful. Consistently productive. Tree spreading, medium vigor. Valor x Iroquois; released in 1993. Plant Patent #9638. Cornell Royalty $1.00 per tree. On "Myro" for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 EMPRESS Very large, high quality, dark blue fruit. Ripens late in the season -- next to the latest variety we have in our list. President x Emily. Productive. A must for the farmstand. Empress has been consistently productive after late spring frosts. On "Myro" for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011
GENEVA MIRABELLE (NY 858) Just introduced by Cornell's Geneva Experiment Station. Very similar to the French Mirabellier -- small yellow fruit with very small pit; often a slight pink blush; very sweet. Freestone. One fruit makes a bite. Very productive. Parentage unknown. Patent applied for; royalty $1.25.
GRAS AMELIORAT On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 GRAS ROMANESC On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 HUNGARIAN PRUNE On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011
KENMORE (NY#9) This is a self-fertile prune-type plum. Selected from the Standard x Stanley cross; ripens with Stanley, early September. Fruit appears powder-blue with waxy white bloom; underneath the wax skin is purple. Flesh amber-green; sweet, mild flavor. Freestone; non-shattering stone. Healthy, vigorous tree, very resistant to black knot; tolerant to mites and to bacterial spot. Good for fresh market and for processing. On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 LONGJOHN A wonderful plum named after the late Geneva plum breeder, John Watson. This is a large, long, teardrop-shaped, attractive blue plum with fruits that are freestone and very high quality. Ripens with Stanley. Iroquois type. The tree is upright, spreading and somewhat willowy in growth. In taste tests this has been my favorite. Partially self-fruitful, but heavier cropping with good pollenizers such as Polly and Victory. Iroquois x Cal.4A33L; released in 1993. SOLD OUT for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011
MIRABELLIER Famous French plum, very high sugar content; fairly dry. Very crisp. Fruits small -- just about sweet cherry size and appearance. Very small pit.
MOUNT ROYAL Earned the reputation of being the hardiest of the European Prunus domestica varieties. Medium-sized, dark blue, freestone. Early midseason. Genetic semi-dwarf. Not budded this year. ERSINGER Old German variety. Medium-small blue plum, really elegant flavor, ripening just before Castleton. Not big enough for packing, but excellent for home use and PYO. GRAND PRIZE A Luther Burbank introduction from the 1930s. Very large; high quality purple fruit. Ripens late midseason. Moderate vigor. Not budded this year. GRAS ROMANESC. Very small blue fruits, ripening with Castleton. Elegant flavor. Old European variety. Not budded this year. JAM SESSION On PUMISELECT for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 SENECA The largest plum yet introduced by the Geneva station; named in 1972. Fellenberg x Prinlew. Reddish-purple skin, orange flesh. Seneca ripens about a week before Stanley. Wonderful eating -- very sweet and dangerously juicy!! Too tender for shipping, but a must for home garden and farm market. Self- unfruitful. Crack-resistant. Tree somewhat dwarfish, somewhat open crown. Tolerant to black knot. Not budded this year. On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 POLLY (NY#65.363.1 -- Oneida open-pollinated). Good for fresh market, an ideal pollinizer for European plums. Fruits are purple, long-oblate, large and freestone with a fresh mild taste. The tree is upright-spreading, medium vigor. Ripens with Stanley. Regular cropper and Self-fertile. PRESIDENT Very last of the European plums to mature -- third week of September here. Very large blue fruit. High quality. Vigorous, productive. Very resistant to bacterial spot; good resistance to black knot. Not budded this year. OULLINS A Gage-type yellow plum, ripening about a week before Stanley. A real gourmet variety -- one of the best I've ever tasted. Fruit medium to medium-large. Tree vigorous, productive. On "Myro" for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 *NY #9 (Kenmore) This is an attractive, bright blue plum of very high quality for both processed and fresh markets. The tree is upright and spreading; good vigor. Fruit is medium-large, freestone; good pitter . Ripens with Stanley. Pollinated by NY#6 and Polly and probably other European varieties. . Research Support Contribution $1.00. For testing only; On "Myro" for 2010
NY 1456 Soon to be named by Cornell's Geneva station. High quality yellow plum for fresh market. Fruit large, oblong; flesh firm, yellow-amber, slightly coarse. Vigorous, productive tree. More susceptible to brown rot than Stanley. Agen x Grand Duke.
STANLEY The standard plum in the East for the last 50 years. Released by the Cornell-Geneva station in 1926; Agen x Grand Duke. Reliable cropper. Ripens about the same time as Longjohn in Geneva -- second week in September. Medium size; freestone most years; pit shatters in some seasons. Tree hardy; resistant to bacterial spot but quite susceptible to black knot. VALOR Ripens late, in Fellenburg (Italian Prune) season, but much larger and much better flavor. From the Vineland (Ontario) breeding program; Imperial Epineuse x Grand Duke. Dark purple skin, greenish-yellow flesh. Freestone when ripe; late midseason. Very sweet. Self-fertile; very productive. Susceptible to black knot; resistant to bacterial spot . On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 VICTORY From Vineland, an exciting new large (typically 2 inch diameter) blue prune-plum ripening about 3 to 5 days after Stanley. Very high quality -- Dad's favorite. Firm, good shipper. Precocious and productive. Late blooming, with Stanley, Fellenbug and Valor. Pollinated by Fellenbug, Vision, Voyageur and Longjohn but not Stanley or Valor.. Vision x Valor -- this cross has President, Imperial Epineuse, Grand Duke and Pacific in its pedigree. Not budded this year. On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 VISION. Superior taste and flavor. Very productive (requires pollenizer such as Stanley). Large to very large; purple with golden-yellow flesh. On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 VOYAGEUR A medium-large light purple plum from the Vineland program. Ripens about with Castleton, 3 weeks before Stanley. Tends to drop when mature.
YELLOW EGG Antique yellow plum from England. Medium-large. Crisp, firm flesh; good flavor. Productive. On "Myro" for 2010
FORTUNE | BURBANK | BYRONGOLD | CRIMSON | EARLY GOLDEN | NY 1502 | OBLINAJA | OUSHI-WASE | OZARK PREMIER | RUBYSWEET | SANTA ROSA | SHIRO | VANIER CRIMSON BEAUTY (BY 8158-50) A great new red-fleshed selecton from the USDA station at Byron, Georgia. Best flavored of any red-fleshed varieties we've seen. Productive at Geneva, but only marginally winter-hardy. Not budded this year. BYRONGOLD Recently introduced by USDA breeders at Byron, Georgia Productive at Geneva. Large yellow fruit. Not budded this year. EARLY GOLDEN Earliest Japanese plum in production in New York. Yellow; good quality; round fruit. Ripens in mid-July. Pollenizer required. Not budded this year. On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 BURBANK Large, reddish-purple plum introduced nearly 100 years ago by Luther Burbank. Mid-August in Geneva. Precocious and productive. On "Myro" for 2010 FORTUNEThis Japanese-type from the USDA breeding program at Fresno provides an alternative to the standard dark-skinned European varieties. The fruit is very large with a bright red skin on yellow background, firm-fleshed -- perhaps the very best eating of the Japanese plums. Clingstone. Does best on heavier soils. Among the most consistent croppers at Geneva. On "Myro" for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011CRIMSON Skin and flesh deep crimson. Excellent quality; clingstone. From the Auburn, Alabama breeding program, but seems to be fairly well suited to the Northeast. Considerable resistance to black knot and bacterial canker. Not budded this year. NY 1502 An advanced selection from the Geneva breeding program; Abundance x Methley. Medium size, attractive yellow fruit with rosy-red blush. Firmer, better quality than Early Golden, with which it ripens in July. Some tendency to split pits. Research Support Contribution $1.00. Not budded this year. LAVINA. New from Lithuania. Golden yellow with rosy blush. Medium small; very productive. Outstanding eating quality. Survived and thrived at Geneva after 2 devastating winters. On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011
METHLEY On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011
OBLINAJA A new introduction from Russia; not yet widely tested in North America. Large, dark red skin, turning almost black when dead ripe. Spicy flavor, crisp texture at Geneva. Well worth a trial. On Pumiselect (a semidwarfing selection of Eastern Sand Cherry) for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 OUSHI-WASE (pronounced "wishy-washy") A new introduction from Japan. Looks very promising in early trials in Hudson Valley, NY and in Vineland, Ontario. Not budded this year. OZARK PREMIER Juicy, yellow flesh; clingstone, small pit. Late summer. Burbank x Methley. Rather large; reddish-purple fruit. Fruits hang well on the tree, giving extended harvest, but once picked do not store well. Precocious and consistently productive. On "Myro" for 2010 RUBYSWEET Another USDA introduction from Byron. Just beginning to fruit in test plots here at Geneva; so far, so good. Bright red flesh; medium-large, bronze-red fruit; good eating. Not budded this year. SANTA ROSA Another Luther Burbank introduction, and still an important variety. Medium-large, bright red fruit, ripening midseason. Vigorous, precocious, productive tree. On "Myro" for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 201 SHIRO The most consistently productive Japanese plum in western New York. Medium size fruit; golden yellow, attractive. Good quality. Ripens early July in Geneva. One of the best for PYO and farmstand. On "Myro" for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 SUPERIOR. The hardiest of the good Japanese-American hybrids. Beautiful red blush over yellow basic color. Fruit large to very large. Skin slightly astringent. Clingstone. Very early bearing. Mid- to late August. SOLD OUT for 2010 On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 VAMPIRE On myrobolan and Krymsk #1 for 2011 |