Thanks for the report, Bill. I was thinking of getting a Flavor
Grenade since I had heard about how the fruit set was much better than
the others, but I think I will hold off for the time being. I already
have many great plums so the bar is pretty high for me. I concur with
your Flavor Supreme experience, it is one of my favorites for taste
(and one of the most frustrating for fruit set).
Here is a brief report on my plum tastings for this year. Great:
Santa Rosa, Satsuma, Flavor Supreme. Very good: Red Heart. Good:
Shiro, Superior, Wickson. Decent: Spring Satin. OK: La Crescent. The
Spring Satin is worthwhile due to its earliness, any plum in spring is
wonderful. Wickson only had a few fruits and none ripened properly so
I expect that one should rate higher in future years. Superior got
too much rain when ripening so it was not a fair year for them.
Satsuma needs to hang a long time; the temptation is to pick them when
they look nice and red but they may be several weeks from fully ripe
then.
Scott
z7 MD
[NAFEX] Pluots in Nebraska,
Scott Smith, 09/28/2009