Valjevka
Variety of Damson · Prunus domestica subsp. domestica
Sharka-tolerant Serbian plum – sweet, freestone and ideal for drying.
7🇷🇸 Serbia 1979BakingDrying
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Stanley x Pozegaca (Hauszwetschen-Typ)
- Breeder
- Obstforschungsinstitut Čačak
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 30 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-sized, dark-blue fruit with sweet, firm, freestone flesh; high sugar content.
Growth
Medium-strong growth; self-fertile. Tolerates Sharka better than classic Hauszwetsche types.
Yield
High, regular yields; important commercial variety for prunes in Southeast Europe.
Notes
Valued in commercial growing for its Sharka tolerance and baking suitability.
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