The Czar

Variety of Plum · Prunus domestica

Early, frost-tolerant cooking and preserving plum with dark blue skin.

Also known as: Czar, Zar

🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1874

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Roundish-oval dark blue bloomed fruit with greenish-yellow tart flesh; ideal for cooking.

Medium vigour, late flowering and thus frost-safe, very reliable.

Early-cropping, high yields even on young trees.

Self-fertile; hardy and suitable for cooler sites.

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