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Cocheco Plum on Myrobalan (Spring 2026)
A red leafed ornamental plum variety good for jams.
Prunus spp. Midsummer. Purple Heart x unnamed red-leaf plum. Elwin Meader intro, Rochester, NH, 1968.
Red-orange medium-sized fruit with soft sweet pinkish flesh. One of the first to ripen midsummer. In a lengthy Maine Sunday Telegram article on Sept. 8, 1968, Meader said, “It’s an example of being able to have your cake and eat it. The new tree is beautiful enough to be an ornamental. It also has delicious fruit and windbreak value.” Red twigs and buds in winter, light pink flowers in spring, glossy red foliage all summer long. Even from 100' away, it is a strikingly beautiful sight.
Relatively large tree with an upright growth habit. May be self-pollinating, though we recommend treating it like other hybrid plums. Z4. Maine Grown. Indigenous Royalties. (3–6' bare-root trees)
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Plum
Subcategory:
Hybrid
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, jam, jelly
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: red
Fruit Origins
Parentage: Purple Heart x unnamed red-leaf plum
Origin: Rochester, NH, USA
Introduced in: 1968
Introduced by: Elwyn Meader
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 5 - 9
Chill hours: 500
Ripening date: Jul 13 (approximate, in New York State) 50 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
Cocheco Plum on Myrobalan does not have any diseases or pests associated with it at this time.
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
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V 3.009; Upper Plum 2.07
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