An early season, black skin, red-flesh Japanese plum. Origin: Wasco, Calif., by David W. Cain and Terry A. Bacon. 562-053 =(Santa Rosa × Suplumeighteen) × 90P-055 =(Suplumfifteen o.p.); cross made in 1997; selected in 2000. USPP 14,880; issued 8 June 2004; assigned to Sun World International, Inc. Tree: medium size; vigorous, upright-spreading; productive; somewhat self-fertile; anthers yellow-orange with orange-red highlights; blooms 28 Feb. to 3 Mar. in Wasco; chilling requirement 600 h. Fruit: large, 65 mm diameter, 140 g; round; skin purple to black, medium thickness, acidic; flesh pink to red; firm; mildly sweet,17% SS; clingstone; ripe 25 June to 4 July with Blackamber.
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