This one of a kind, old world, yellow plum ripens in August at about 3200’. It is similar to a prune in texture and sweetness. It is 2”-3”, oblong shaped European plum. Very hardy, drought tolerant, cold tolerant. The fruit are small to medium, dryish, mildly sweet and mildly flavorful. Seems abundant and would do much better in better conditions. We hope to get more information soon on this new-to-us fruit after we plant it in our mother orchard this winter. Adam may top graft the scions onto an established tree so we can get fruit a bit quicker. He thinks it will be a bit larger and sweeter.

The Mother tree is found in the historic Colonial Gold Rush Town of Lake City which was founded in 1853. The tree was discovered alongside a small scattering of other old plants that have survived the desert like conditions, including 2 roses, another plum, walnut, cherry and pears. We rediscovered and saved the genetics of a unique peach there as well, the Lake City Red Flesh, but the mother tree died this year in 2022. The young new tree we saved is young and a bit weak especially after last year’s frosts. We will see how it goes this coming year.