Pollination
Most plum varieties require cross-pollination. The compatible varieties must be planted within 100 feet of each other and generally bloom at the same time. European and Japanese plums are not cross-compatible.
Most European plum varieties require cross-pollination from another European plum tree variety. A few European plum varieties such as Damson, Italian Prune, Valor, and Stanley are at least partially self-fertile but will generally yield better with cross-pollination.
Japanese plum varieties need cross-pollination from another Japanese or Japanese-American hybrid variety.
Table 1. Pollinizers for Gage-Type Plums
|
Variety |
Pollinizer |
|
Oullins Gage |
Self-fertile, Green Gage, Rosy Gage |
|
Rosy Gage (NY101) |
Vanette, Reine Claude Conducta, Oullins, Polly, DeMontfort, Fench Pettite, Geneva Mirabelle |
|
Reine Claude Conducta |
Partially self-fruitful, Stanley, Oullins Gage, Rosy Gage, Polly |
|
Green Gage (Reine Claude) |
partially self-fertile, Oullins Gage, Stanley, Rosy Gage |
Table 2. Pollinizers for Mirabelle-Type Plums
|
Variety |
Pollenizer |
|
American Mirabelle |
French Damson, Castleton |
|
Herrenhausen |
French Damson, Castleton |
|
Geneva Mirabelle (NY 858) |
French Damson, Castleton |
|
Mirabelle de Metz |
Self-fruitful, Damson, Mirabelle, Castleton |
Table 3. Pollinizers for Damson-types
|
Variety |
Pollinizer |
|
Blues Jam (NY5041) |
Self-fruitful, Jam Session, French petite, Italian, Purple Gage, Rosy Gage, Seneca |
|
French Damson |
Self-Fruitful, Green Gage, Stanley |
|
Shropshire |
Self-fruitful |
|
Blue Damson |
self-fertile |
Table 4. Pollinizers for yellow skinned Japanese-type plum varieties.
|
Variety |
Pollenizer |
|
Oishi-wase |
Self-incompatible, most Japanese-types blooming at the same time should work |
|
Early Golden |
Burbank, Ozark Premier, Shiro, Vanier, Vampire |
|
Obilnaya |
Information not available |
|
Shiro |
Burbank, Methley, Vanier |
Table 5. Pollinizers for red skinned Japanese-type plum varieties.
|
Variety |
Pollinizer |
|
Early Magic |
Early Golden, Ozark Premier & Fortune |
|
Ozark Premier |
Vanier, Red Heart, Abundance |
|
Burbank |
Vanier, Red Heart, Methley, Santa Rosa, Abundance, Frier |
|
Red Giant |
Santa Rosa |
|
Vanier |
Burbank, Ozark Premier, Vampire, Santa Rosa |
|
Vampire (V82053) |
Shiro, Ozark Premier, Burbank, Vanier |
|
Redheart |
Elephant Heart, Burbank, Santa Rosa |
|
Ruby Sweet |
Partially self-fruitful, Green Gage, Damsons, Mirabelle, Cherry Plums |
|
Rubyqueen |
Black Ruby, Methley, Vanier, Shiro |
|
Fortune |
Burbank, Friar, Angeleno, Laroda, Santa Rosa |
|
Satsuma |
Santa Rosa, Methley, Shiro, Toka(Bubblegum) |
|
Improved Duarte |
Burbank, Santa Rosa, Gaviota, Wickson |
|
Simka |
self-fruitful |
|
Caroline Harris |
Santa Rosa, Methley, Shiro |
|
Elephant Heart |
Beauty, Santa Rosa |
|
Alderman |
Self-fruitful but does better with Toka and South Dakota |
Table 6. Pollinizers for blue/purple skinned Japanese-type plum varieties for
Michigan fresh market.
|
Variety |
Pollenizer |
|
Methley |
Self-fruitful, Shiro |
|
Black Ice (Lydecker) |
Toka (Bubblegum), La Crescent |
|
Angeleno |
Grand Rosa, Santa Rosa, Primetime, Wickson |
Table 7. Pollinizers for European plum varieties.
|
Variety |
Pollenizer |
|
Ruth Gerstatter |
Self-fertile, German Zwetsche, Italian, French (D’Agen ), Polly, Pozegaca (Zwetsche), Stanley |
|
Ersinger |
French (D’Agen), Polly, Stanley |
|
Earliblue |
Self-fruitful, Stanley, Polly |
|
California Blue |
Self-fruitful, Grand Duke, Polly, President, Stanley, |
|
DeMonfort |
French (D’Agen) Prune, Green Gage, Polly, Stanley |
|
Vibrant (V70034) |
Valerie, Vanette, Stanley, Valor, Victory, Italian, Vision |
|
Valerie (V70031) |
Vanette, Valor, Vibrant, Violette, Stanley, Victory, Italian, Vision |
|
Vanette (V66071) |
Stanley, Valor, Vibrant, Violette, Victory |
|
Voyageur |
Self-fertile, Early Blue, Italian, Stanley, Valerie, Vanette, Veeblue, Verity, Victory, Vision |
|
Castleton |
Self-fertile, Italian, NY 6 (Jayfre), NY 9, Polly, Stanley |
|
NY6 (Jayfre) |
Castleton, Italian, NY 9, Polly, Stanley |
|
NY7 |
Castleton, Italian, NY 6 (Jayfre), NY 9, Polly, Stanley |
|
Violette (V72511) |
Italian, Valerie, Vanette, Stanley, Valor, Victory, Vision, Voyager |
|
Early Italian (Early Fellenberg) |
Partially, self–fruitful, Polly, Stanley, Voyageur |
|
Seneca |
Blue Damson, Green Gage, Italian, Polly, Stanley |
|
Veeblue |
Bluefre, Early Blue, Italian, Stanley, Valerie, Valor, Vanette, Verity, Vision |
|
Bluebyrd |
Stanley, President, BlueFre |
|
Stanley |
Self-fertile, Polly, Vibrant, Violette |
|
Polly |
Self-fertile |
|
Cacak's Best |
Self-fertile, Polly, Stanley |
|
Brooks |
Partially self-fruitful, Blue Damson |
|
Valor |
BlueFre, Early Blue, Italian , Stanley, Valerie, Vanette, Varity, Vibrant, Victory,Violette, Vision |
|
NY9 |
Castleton, NY 6 (Jayfre), Italian, Polly |
|
Bluefre (Shropshire) |
Self-fertile |
|
Longjohn |
Partially self-fertile, Castleton, Polly, Stanley |
|
Victory |
BlueFre, Italian, Valerie, Vanette, Vibrant, Violette, Stanley, Valor, Vision, Voyager |
|
Italian (Fellenberg) |
Self-fertile, Castleton, Empress, PP 6975-2, President, Stanley, Valerie, Vanette, Vibrant, Violette |
|
Verity |
Bluefre, Italian, Stanley, Valery, Valor, Vanette, Victory, Voyager, Vision |
|
NY 202 |
Polly |
|
Vision |
Empress, Italian, PP 6975-2, Stanley, Valor, Vibrant, Victory Violette |
|
Empress |
President, Stanley, Victory, |
|
President |
Empress, Italian, Stanley, Vision |
|
Mt. Royal |
Self-fertile |
|
Yellow Egg |
Self-fertile |
|
Vision |
BlueFre, Shopshire Damson, Polly, Stanley, Valor, Victory |
