Cherry plum

in #food8 years ago

Strongly prickly branched multistemmed trees, sometimes shrub with thin brownish-green shoots, 3-10 meters high. The flowers are white or pink, single. It blooms in early May. The fruits ripen in August and September.

Beautiful honey plant and rootstock for plums.

Cherry plum was found in the Caucasus and Asia Minor before our era.

Fruit - round juicy yellow, red or almost black drupes sizes from small cherries to 3 cm, sometimes elongated or flattened, yellow, red, purple or almost black, with a light waxy bloom and weak longitudinal groove.

Cherry plum little demanding on the soil and is used against many diseases.