This Red Myrobalan, aka Myro plum, aka Cherry plum is a sweet, juicy, red ball of deliciousness. The best flavored red cherry plum we have found. The fruit measures about 1” diameter, and the tree produces prolifically. The grandmother tree produces many beautiful white flowers that bloom late, which gives them the opportunity to produce a prolific annual crop. They are tough trees and can survive drought, pests and disease. Myro are commonly used as rootstocks for plums, prunes, almonds, peaches and nectarines. Any or all of these species can be grafted to this tree to create a yummy fruit salad, all on one tree. They produce readily from seed which is why you may have seen these scattered around, spread by birds, deer and bears. They were originally a West Asian plum which became popular as hedgerows and rootstock in Europe.

The grandmother is a 24' tree thriving without any care, off a main road near Grass Valley, Nevada County at 2400' elevation. Grass Valley was a bustling mining town not far from Nevada City. It was first called 'Boston Ravine', then 'Centerville' and then finally, Grass Valley. Grass Valley was the home of Lola Montez, the creator of the scandalous "Spider Dance," and also the home of Lyman Gilmore, the real inventor of the airplane!