Early Season Plum: Table 5: Fruit Characteristics

TABLE 5. FRUIT CHARACTERISTIC OF PLUM CULTIVARS
Cultivar	Fruit set	Flesh color	Skin color	Size In.	Shape	Flavor	Firmness	Stone freeness	Texture	Soluble solids
AU-Rubrum	5 ¹	Dark red	Dark red	2.25-2.5	5 ¹	5 ¹	5 ¹	Cling	5 ¹	15.6
AU- Amber	5	Yellow	Dark red	1.75-2.0	5	5	4	Cling	5	19.2
AU- Producer	5	Dark red	Dark red to purple	1.75-2.0	5	5	5	Free	5	16.5
AU- Roadside	5	Dark red	Dark red	2.0-2.25	5	5	4	Semi-cling	5	17.2
Bruce	5	Orange to red	Orange to red	1.75-2.0	5	3	2	Cling	3	9.4
Crimson	5	Crimson red	Crimson red	1.5-1.75	5	5	5	Cling	5	16.3
Homeside	5	Cream	Orange to light red	2.25-2.5	5	5	4	Cling	5	18.8
Methely	5	Dark red	Dark red to purple	1.0-1.25	5	5	3	Cling	5	18.5
Morris	5	Light red	Light red	1.75-2.25	4	3	5	Cling	5	13.4
Ozark Premier	5	Cream	Red to purple	2.0-2.25	5	5	4	Semi-cling	5	15.7
Purple	5	Cream	Dark red to purple	1.75-2.0	5	5	5	Semi-cling	4	14.8
Santa Rosa	4	Red	Dark red to purple	1.25-1.5	5	5	5	Cling	5	16.7
¹Rating index: 5 = excellent, 4 = good, 3 = fair, 2 = poor, and 1 = very poor.