A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
Valor Plum on Myrobalan (Spring 2025)
A very sweet, late-season prune-plum.
This tree is a reliable cropper, vigorous, spreading, and somewhat thorny. It is resistant to bacterial leaf spot but susceptible to black knot. Valor is not self-fertile and it will need to be planted with another European plum for pollenization. Suitable partners include Stanley, Italian Prune, and Vanette.
Valor ripens late (third week of September in upstate NY) over the course of several weeks. It is an excellent, very sweet blue-skinned plum with large and firm fruit. The yellow flesh is semi-freestone. It is a good plum for fresh eating, processing, and packing and shipping.
Valor comes from the Vineland breeding program in Ontario. It is a cross of Imperial Epineuse and Grand Duke.
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Plum
Subcategory:
European
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, jam, baking, canning, freezing, jelly, sauce
Storage duration: one to three months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: blue
Flesh color: yellow
Fruit Origins
Parentage: Imperial Epineuse x Grand Duke.
Origin: Ontario, Canada
Introduced in: 1968
Introduced by: Vineland Research Institute
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Sep 21 (approximate, in New York State) + 20 days after Stanley
Tree Height & Spacing
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Rootstock: Myrobalan Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Standard (100% Size)
Tree spacing: See details
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
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Black Knot: Susceptible
Bacterial Spot: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
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Bloom group:
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Standard (100% Size)
Pollination Partners
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