A low-chill requirement Japanese plum. Origin: In Gainesville, Fla., by Wayne B. Sherman. Fourth generation open-pollinated seedling descended from Ozark Premier, Burbank, Beauty, and Bruce hybridized with pollen of Taiwan. Taiwan = Huang-ju open-pollinated. Selected in 1987; tested as Fla. 87-7; introduced in 1998. USPP10873 issued 4 May 1999. Assigned to Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. Tree: vigorous, semi-spreading, cross fertile with Gulfruby, precocious and productive. Tolerant to bacterial spot, high resistance to leaf scald. Chilling requirement 250 h. Fruit: small, round; skin dark red; flesh deep orange; cling; ripe late May in Florida one week after Gulfruby.
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