Plum tree (June Beaut)

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plum tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large, vigorous, upright tree, hardy, regular bearing and very productive, which requires a pollinator. The clingstone fruit is oblate in form, has a dark maroon skin color with yellow specks, greenish-yellow flesh, and a firm and crisp texture. The fruit generally achieves picking ripeness about three to five days after the El Dorado (believed to be patented) but the fruit is larger in size and has a picking time which extends approximately ten days, under the ecological conditions described. The fruit is of good eating and shipping quality.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of clingstone plum tree substantially as illustrated and described, which most nearly resembles its parent plant El Dorado plum, a non-intra varietal pollinator, but is distinguished therefrom and an improvement thereon in that it is a more vigorous tree and bears fruit which ripens about three to five days earlier, is somewhat larger in size, and has a darker maroon skin color.