• Purple Italian plums growing on a leafy branch
  • Representative plum growing or flowering in a garden
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Plum 'Italian'

Plum 'Italian'

Cultivar & Origin

Italian is a traditional European prune-plum selection with oval dark purple fruit and sweet yellow freestone flesh. It is self-fruitful, with another compatible European plum able to improve cropping. The crop ripens in late summer or early autumn depending on region and is used fresh, dried and preserved. Our trees are grafted on Myrobalan rootstock.

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Why We Grow It

Italian plum combines a fresh-fruit harvest with a practical stored-food crop. Its sweet freestone flesh is straightforward to prepare for drying, baking and preserving. A tree in a mixed orchard can feed the household during harvest and supply dried prunes for winter meals.

How the Plant Grows

Italian grows upright into a branching deciduous tree. Train strong, widely spaced scaffold limbs and prune for light and harvest access. Thin heavy crops to support fruit size. Our Myrobalan-grafted trees are managed as semi-standard orchard stock.

Plant Size

Size at Maturity- Approximately 15–25 ft tall and wide, depending on site and pruning.

Current Size-

Additional Info

Prune plums are grown widely in Europe and western North America. Commercial processing orchards use mechanical shaking and catching systems, giving this familiar preserving fruit a place in larger agroforestry production.

Italian

Italian is a European prune plum grown for fresh eating and preserving. Dark purple skin surrounds sweet yellow flesh, with a stone that separates readily when ripe. It is a useful orchard crop for households that want fruit to eat, dry and put away from the same tree.
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  • Purple Italian plums growing on a leafy branch
  • Representative plum growing or flowering in a garden

Plant Highlights

  • Water

    Moderate; water regularly during establishment and fruit development.

  • Pollination

    Self-fruitful; another compatible European plum with overlapping bloom can improve cropping.

  • Soil

    Fertile, well-drained soil; mulch and maintain even moisture.

  • Years to Bear

    Typically 3–5 years after planting, depending on establishment and management.

  • Hardiness

    Zone 5 and warmer; protect spring blossoms from late frost.

  • Solar

    Full sun.