A late-season, purple-red skin, greenish-yellow flesh, European plum, for processing. Origin: DCA–University of Bologna, Italy, by F. Faccioli, S. Sansavini, M. Castagnoli, S. Lugli, and S. Martelli. French Improved × Stanley; crossed 1974; tested as DCA BO-A29; selected 1985; introd. 1996. Tree: medium-high vigor; upright; average production; usually self-infertile. Fruit: medium, 35 mm diameter, 30–40 g; elliptical; skin purple-red, glabrous; flesh greenish-yellow; 23.2% to 25.1% SS; good taste even for fresh market; semi-clingstone; ripe late August to early September in Bologna, 2–3 d after Stanley.
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