‘Rose-water’ flavored, non-melting, semi-freestone Japanese plum with orange-pink flesh. Origin: Stargrow Cultivar Development, Stellenbosch, South Africa, by J. Fourie. Parentage unknown; selected 2009. USPP 29,777; 30 Oct. 2018. Tree: size medium; vigor medium; growth habit upright; productivity good; bearing regular; flowers white, self-incompatible; requires cross-pollination; blooms 5-16 Sept. in Paarl/Stellenbosch; leaf glands medium, reniform. Fruit: large, 110 g; round; symmetrical; skin violet blue overcolor covering large area of yellow-green to yellow-orange surface; flesh firm; crisp; juicy; sweet, 18-20 ºBrix, rose-water flavored; ripens 10 d after Fortune, 18-25 Jan. in Clanwilliam, Western Cape.
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