Flavor Supreme Pluot
A supremely delicious pluot that has some of the most vibrant bright red flesh of any stone fruit. Flavor Supreme is consistently a favorite choice at blind taste tests due to its incredibly sweet and rich flavor. Plant with other pluots or Japanese Plums for cross-pollination.
Latin Name: Prunus salicina x Prunus armeniaca
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: A semi-dwarf rootstock for Plums and other stone fruits, Citation produces trees 12′-18′ in height or less.
Pollination Requirements: Flavor Supreme needs another pluot or early flowering Japanese Plum for cross pollination
Chill Hour Requirement: 700-800
Hardiness: Flavor Supreme is hardy to at least minus 20° F.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 12-18 ft. in height.
Taste: Sweet, candy-like, sugary
Fruit Skin: Green and red
Fruit Flesh: Bright red
Bloom Time: Early March-April
Ripening Time: July
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Our pluots are not bothered by pests aside from the occasional aphids. Bacterial Canker can occasionally damage trunks or branches. Symptoms of this disease are exudations of amber-colored sap. Spraying lime-sulfur or copper in the fall and early spring can help control Bacterial Canker. Brown rot can effect fruits in particularly wet springs or areas with poor air flow.
USDA Zone: 5-9