The most beautiful plum we have found. When ripe it's skin blends yellow, green, red, orange and purple. The firm yellow and melting flesh is juicy with a mild sweetness and flavor. The unidentified mother tree grows in the shade of a large chestnut. Ripens in August at 2700' elevation.

The mother tree is growing near Nevada City at 2700.' It is a spindly tree which has been growing in the shade of a large chestnut and filbert for many decades. Nevada City has many old fruit and nut trees still thriving from the Gold Rush. Nevada City was the home of Felix Gillet from 1858 to 1908. He called his nursery the Barren Hill Nursery, for the clear cut hill where he established his business. The nursery continued to operate under the management of the Parsons family, who changed the name to The Felix Gillet Nursery, and ran it until 1967, when it was the oldest operating nursery in the state of California.