Pluerry Sugar Twist Tree

Description

Sugar Twist Pluerry trees offer a distinctive fruit with a balance of tangy and sweet flavors, blending the best of plums and cherries. The fruit has smooth red skin with a hint of purple and juicy, flavorful flesh. Sugar Twist is ideal for fresh eating, making preserves, or adding to desserts. The tree thrives in full sun and well-draining soil, requiring a pollinator, such as Candy Heart or Sweet Treat, for optimal fruit production. Ripening mid-to-late season, Sugar Twist provides a reliable harvest of high-quality fruit. With its unique flavor profile and ornamental appeal, this Pluerry is a standout variety for fruit enthusiasts.

Semi-Dwarf on Citation rootstock.

• Zones: 6-9
• Chill hours: 500 or less
• Bloom Time: Mid to Late-Season (Based on typical Central Valley California weather)
• Harvest: Mid-June (in Central Valley, California)
• Looks: Ping pong ball-sized with red skin and yellow flesh.
• Personality: The newest in the line of high flavor Pluerry. Harvests a month earlier than Sweet Treat.
• Facts of note: New Zaiger variety. Has the sugar sweet taste of a ripe cherry with that twist of plum you expect from this fruit type.
• Pollination: Flavor King Pluot®, Emerald Beaut plum and most mid to late blooming varieties of Pluot®, Pluerry™ and Japanese plum.

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