Gulf Ruby Plum Tree

Cross pollinate with a gulf gold or gulf blaze which crop a little later so this will also extend your fruiting season into.

Gulf ruby plum tree. Plum gulf ruby grafted diana s edible fruits update. Non patented variety from the university of florida. Gulfbeauty gulfblaze and gulfrose are all low chill hour plum trees that will grow well in florida. Mature fruits are about 1 2inches in diameter and are usually ready for harvest around may to june.

This is a gulf ruby plum and it is a really great low chill plum so it is great if you are in warmer areas. Plums taste absolutely gorgeous rich and sweet. Very low chill 275 hrs. Both are prolific but the gulf ruby is a bigger tree.

Gulf rose plum tree low chill tropical plum. The gulf ruby plum is a low chill plum that crops in early november. It cross pollinates with all the other gulf serie. They will produce fruit from the fort myers area to the panhandle of florida the lower southern regions of georgia and the warmer areas of the gulf coast states.

Low chill japanese variety suitable for warmer coastal areas. Grows to 4 m x 4 m. Another university of florida patented release uspp 12833. Needs another plum tree for pollination.

Fruit ripens late may. Fruit need early bagging from fruit fly. Plum gulf ruby juicy yellow flesh clingstone large size if properly thinned attractive red skin blush resistant to bacterial spot. Fruit ripens early may.

About as beautiful as a plum can get. Gulf ruby plum tree is a medium sized plum with ruby red skin and honey sweet yellow flesh. Ripens around mid november to mid december. Gulfrose has heavy crops of medium sized fruit.

Needs another plum tree for pollination. We recommend another gulf series variety. Plant in full sun. Although bred by the university of florida in 1982 gulf ruby plum trees prunus salicina gulf ruby were never patented because the tree turned out to be susceptible to bacterial spot disease.

Fruiting months november and december. Next to a gulfgold for pollination. The gulf series of plum trees have been developed to adapt to our mild low chill winters. Gulf varieties of plum trees are japanese type plums and will make fruit that are smaller than your average plum.