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AU Rosa Plum on Myrobalan (Spring 2024)


A highly disease-resistant, self-fertile plum.

AU Rosa grows on an upright, vase-shaped tree that is highly vigorous and precocious. The leaves are dark green. It is an excellent trouble-free plum for the home orchardist or the commercial grower, with resistance to leaf scald, bacterial canker, bacterial fruit spot, bacterial leaf spot, and black knot. What more could you want! AU Rosa is reported to be self-fertile, but we recommend partnering it with at least one other Japanese plum for optimal productivity.

This plum will flower profusely in spring and produce a mid-season crop (about 10 days before Stanley) of medium-sized red plums. The flesh is yellow, excellent for fresh eating, and stands up well to handling and shipping. This is a great plum for the kids, or for local and roadside markets. AU Rosa is a cling-fleshed plum.

The "AU series" of plums comes from the breeding program at the University of Auburn in Alabama. AU Rosa in particular was developed to meet the need for disease-resistant cultivars that would perform well in the Southeast.

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AU Rosa grows on an upright, vase-shaped tree that is highly vigorous and precocious. The leaves are dark green. It is an excellent trouble-free plum for the home orchardist or the commercial grower, with resistance to leaf scald, bacterial canker, bacterial fruit spot, bacterial leaf spot, and black knot. What more could you want! AU Rosa is reported to be self-fertile, but we recommend partnering it with at least one other Japanese plum for optimal productivity.

This plum will flower profusely in spring and produce a mid-season crop (about 10 days before Stanley) of medium-sized red plums. The flesh is yellow, excellent for fresh eating, and stands up well to handling and shipping. This is a great plum for the kids, or for local and roadside markets. AU Rosa is a cling-fleshed plum.

The "AU series" of plums comes from the breeding program at the University of Auburn in Alabama. AU Rosa in particular was developed to meet the need for disease-resistant cultivars that would perform well in the Southeast.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Plum
Subcategory: Japanese, Self-Fertile

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating, jam, baking, canning, freezing, jelly
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: red
Flesh color: yellow

Fruit Origins

Parentage: Santa Rosa x Starcher No. 1
Origin: Alabama
Introduced in: 1990
Introduced by: ALAES, University of Auburn, Alabama

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: 750
Ripening date: Aug 22 (approximate, in New York State) 10 days before Stanley

Tree Height & Spacing

Rootstock: Myrobalan Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Standard (100% Size)
Tree spacing: See details
Good for wildlife planting? N

Diseases & Pests

Bacterial Canker of Stone Fruit: Resistant
Bacterial Spot: Resistant
Black Knot: Resistant
Brown Rot, Blossom Blight, Fruit Rot: Resistant

Pollination

Pollination Factors

Bloom group:
Is it self-fertile? Y
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class: Standard (100% Size)

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of AU Rosa Plum on Myrobalan. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.

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Santa Rosa Plum on Myrobalan 2024 5
Kubanskaya Plum on Myrobalan 2024 1
Oishi-Wase Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Obilinaja Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Lavina Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Vanier Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Santa Rosa Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Ruby Queen Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Ruby Queen Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Bubblegum Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0

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