Taste test winner. Plum/apricot hybrid with sweet, richly flavored, firm red flesh. Greenish-maroon mottled skin. June harvest in Central California, about two weeks before Santa Rosa.
Flavor Supreme Pluot® Interspecific Plum
Flavor Supreme Pluot® Interspecific Plum
- Estimated Chilling Requirement
700-800 hours below 45°F - USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
6 - 9 - Pollination
Pollenized by Santa Rosa and Late Santa Rosa plums, or Flavorosa, Flavor Queen and Geo Pride Pluot®.
- Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
early midseason - Harvest Season within fruit type
early - Harvest Dates
June 16 to July 5(approximate for Hickman, CA) - Developed by Zaiger Genetics. U.S. Plant Patent No. 6763. (Expired)
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Additional Notes
1. Flavor Supreme Pluot®, an interspecific plum, includes plum and apricot in its parentage.
2. In DWN formal taste tests, Flavor Supreme has been one of the most consistently high-scoring varieties, as compiled in the 2014 DWN Fruit Tasting Report.
3. Bees are not especially attracted to Flavor Supreme flowers; fruit sets can be light.
WHILE DWARFING ROOTSTOCKS HAVE IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES, ROOTSTOCKS SHOULD BE SELECTED PRIMARILY FOR ADAPTABILITY TO THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE PLANTING SITE. For the 2018-19 planting season, Flavor Supreme is offered on the following rootstock(s) (listed in order of quantity in production, largest quantity first):
Citation (semi-dwarf, 3/4 of standard size)
Myro 29C (standard)
