The Northeast cult favorite, a child of McIntosh.
Vision Plum on Myrobalan (Spring 2025)

A late-season, very sweet prune-plum.
This is an upright, open, and high-vigor tree that is somewhat resistant to bacterial canker. Vision is productive and healthy, and somewhat resistant to bacterial canker. It is not self-fertile, and it will need to be paired with a pollenizer. Compatible partners include Stanley, Valor, and Victory. It is incompatible with Italian.
Vision ripens at the very end of plum season, about ten days after Stanley (mid-September in upstate NY). The fruit is large, purple, and very sweet. This is one of the best-flavored plums to come from the Canadian breeding program and a great choice for extending your growing season.
The Vineland plum breeding program at Ontario, Canada was established with the primary objective of developing plum cultivars that would provide a seasonal succession of high-quality fruit suitable for export. Over the years, the program shifted its focus to developing excellent fruit for fresh markets. To date the program has released: Valor, Verity, and Vision (1967), Veeblue (1984), Voyageur (1987), and Vanier (1984).
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: Pacific x Albion
Origin: Ontario, Canada
Introduced in: 1967
Introduced by: Vineland Research Institute
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Aug 22 (approximate, in New York State) 10 days before Stanley
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: Myrobalan Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Standard (100% Size)
Tree spacing: See details
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Bacterial Canker of Stone Fruit: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group:
Is it self-fertile? N
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 Vision 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.
See all pollination matches for Vision Plum on Myrobalan
Featured Products
A few things we're loving right now...
An ancient pear once prized in France for its remarkable flavor.
A reliable, self-fertile plum that performs very well on the West Coast.
A widely-grown, large, yellow-fleshed nectarine.