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Ruby Queen Plum on Krymsk 1 (Spring 2024)


A delicious mid-late season Japanese plum. Also known as BY8155.70.

This is a productive, upright, mid-sized tree with moderate resistance to bacterial leaf spot and bacterial canker. It is considered an especially desirable variety for organic production and humid climates. Ruby Queen is not self-fertile and will need another Japanese plum as a pollinizer. Possible partners include Methley, Shiro, Vanier, and Santa Rosa.

Ripening mid-season, Ruby Queen produces large reddish-black plums in abundance. The fruit is clingstone, firm enough for commercial production, and has an excellent sweet flavor. 

Ruby Queen was developed in the USDA/ARS breeding program at Byron, Georgia by Jim M. Thompson and W. R. Okie. This is the same program that produced Rubysweet and Byrongold.

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This is a productive, upright, mid-sized tree with moderate resistance to bacterial leaf spot and bacterial canker. It is considered an especially desirable variety for organic production and humid climates. Ruby Queen is not self-fertile and will need another Japanese plum as a pollinizer. Possible partners include Methley, Shiro, Vanier, and Santa Rosa.

Ripening mid-season, Ruby Queen produces large reddish-black plums in abundance. The fruit is clingstone, firm enough for commercial production, and has an excellent sweet flavor. 

Ruby Queen was developed in the USDA/ARS breeding program at Byron, Georgia by Jim M. Thompson and W. R. Okie. This is the same program that produced Rubysweet and Byrongold.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Plum
Subcategory: Japanese

Fruit Uses & Storage

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

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: red
Flesh color: red

Fruit Origins

Parentage: open pollinated BY7607-10 (Frontier x Redroy)
Origin: Byron, Georgia
Introduced in: 2004
Introduced by: Jim M. Thompson and W. R. Okie

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Sep 08 (approximate, in New York State) + 7 days after Stanley

Tree Height & Spacing

Rootstock: Krymsk 1 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Semi-Dwarf (40% of Standard)
Tree spacing: See details
Good for wildlife planting? N

Diseases & Pests

Bacterial Spot: Resistant
Bacterial Canker of Stone Fruit: Resistant

Pollination

Pollination Factors

Bloom group:
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Rootstock size class: Semi-Dwarf (40% of Standard)

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Ruby Queen Plum on Krymsk 1. 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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Vanier Plum on Myrobalan 2024 15
Santa Rosa Plum on Myrobalan 2024 5
Kubanskaya Plum on Myrobalan 2024 1
Oishi-Wase Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Lavina Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Obilinaja Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Vanier Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Santa Rosa Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Bubblegum Plum on Krymsk 1 2024 0
Shiro Plum on Myrobalan 2024 0
Obilinaja Plum on Myrobalan 2024 0

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