Plum tree named ‘PLUMSWEETTWO’

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plum tree, Prunus salicina , and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, heavy blooming, moderately productive and self-unfruitful tree, that may be cross pollinized by ‘August Yummy®’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/300,603 filed concurrently). The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described during the third week in July, with first picking on Jul. 20, 2002. The fruit is uniformly medium in size, full dark purplish red in skin color, clingstone in type, red in flesh color, very firm and crisp in texture, very good in flavor, and holds well in cold storage for more than thirty days. The variety was developed as a first generation cross using an unnamed plum seedling as the selected seed parent and ‘Black Noble’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,504) as the selected pollen parent.

I claim:  
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of plum tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to its pollen parent, ‘Red Noble’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,504), by being self-unfruitful and by producing plums that are dark purplish red in skin color, very firm and crisp in texture, clingstone in type, and almost full red in flesh color, but is distinguished therefrom and an improvement thereon by producing plums that are considerably larger in size, that are sweeter in flavor, and that mature about 40 days later.