I need some help identifying a plum tree that is in my garden. One of my colleagues is hoping it will be a Japanese Egg Plum tree... any ideas? The plums are not ripe at this time, but they almost always are ready for picking mid to late August. We are in the Central Okanagan.
The variety you are thinking of is 'Yellow Egg'. There are many kinds. When asking about orchard fruits show 6 sample fruits, with one cut in half to show the interior.
Thanks for the tip regarding photos to help identify orchard fruits. Please let me know if further photos are needed.
Aharms, your plum looks just like the plum that I grafted from a neighbor who called it a Yellow Egg plum. If it is very soft, juicy and nearly tasteless when ripe, then it is probably the same. It's not nearly as good as a Santa Rosa, but it is extremely productive.
Thanks Ron B and vitog for your help. The tree was planted years before we moved in... so I am happy to learn anything I can about this highly productive tree!
I have a reine claude tree that has no plums now due to black knot but when it did bear plums they appeared identical to those depicted in your pictures. This tree is self pollinating and sometimes yielded up to 400 plums. They had a pleasant taste and were the sweetest plums I ever ate.
