A European plum for drying. Origin: Davis, Calif., by Ted DeJong and James Doyle. Sugar × Primacotes made in 1987. Selected in 1993, tested as 4-6W-53, introduced in Dec. 2000, USPP12,398. Tree: similar in form and vigor to Improved French; self-fertile, productive. Fruit: large, 30–35 g, similar to French prune in shape; skin dark purple with medium waxy bloom; flesh dark yellow to yellow amber; nearly free; ripe early to mid-August, 7 to 10 days ahead of Improved French prune with 2 degrees more soluble solids at harvest.
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