Luther Burbank was among many plant breeders who crossed Plums with other fruits of the Genus Prunus. He developed a plumcot which is Candy Heart Pluerry a plum X apricot. In recent years Floyd Zaiger has bred many interesting crosses including Apriums which are ¾ Apricot and ¼ plum and Pluots which are ¾ plum and ¼ apricot. While they grow well here, they don’t acquire the brix or sugar content because of a lack of summer heat here in Western Washington and don’t have the sweet flavor they do in California. There are also peach x plum crosses. However we are successfully growing a Zaiger bred fruit called a Pluerry which is an Asian Plum crossed with a Cherry. They look like and are pollinated by Asian plums. They have a unique rich flavor that is mostly like an Asian plum but with a hint of cherry flavor. We have planted the pluerry varieties Sweet Treat and Candy Heart and have top worked the varieties Sugar Twist and Nadia on to them. They are pollinized by other Pluerries or late blooming Asian plums.
Descriptions and Location of our Pluerries
