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Mount Royal plum

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Mount Royal is a very cold hardy plum tree that is a classic prune plum (although great for fresh eating as well). The tree makes gorgeous flowers in spring, and the fruit’s skin is a beautiful deep purple, with amber/golden flesh when ripe. The plums are freestone (the flesh separates easily from the pit).

Mount Royal often sets a heavy annual crop, and thinning the fruit will help individual fruits size up.

Disease resistance:

In my experience, Mount Royal has not had much of a problem with black knot, the most common disease of plums. I may have to remove a small branch or two every other year at most. I haven’t experienced much of a problem with brown rot of the ripe fruit either.

Pollination:

At least partially self-fertile. I find that my own Mount Royal tree, as the lone European plum in my backyard, fruits well with out another plum nearby. As with all trees that are self-fertile, they are said to fruit better with a compatible pollination partner nearby.

Parentage:

Said to be a chance seedling discovered near Montreal, hence its name.

References:

Plums for Cold Areas of Eastern Canada.