True Root Nursery

Early Golden Japanese Plum Seedling Bareroot

Species: Prunus sp

History: These seedlings are grown from Early Golden plum seeds collected in our orchard. The parent variety, Early Golden, was discovered in Fonthill, Ontario and it has since become the most popular yellow plum in Ontario.

Why We Grow It: Seedling fruit trees are a great way to add some diversity and mystery to your garden or orchard! The parent variety, Early Golden, produces medium-sized fruit that is very sweet with tangy yellow skin that gets a cheery red blush where the sun hits it. It also has a low susceptibility to black knot which, with any luck, the seedlings will have inherited!

Please Note: Since plums tend to stay true to type more than apples, these seedlings will likely bear a strong resemblance to their parent variety. However, any specific information listed on this page should be taken with a grain of salt as there may be some variation from the parent tree.

      $23.00

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      Fruit Traits:

      Recommended Use: Fresh eating

      Fruit Size: Medium-small

      Storage: Keeps about a week in the fridge.

      Harvest: August - Early

      Plant Traits:

      Canadian Hardiness Zone: 5

      Soil Preferance: Sandy loam and loam, like plenty or organic material. Prefers average to moist conditions with well-drained soils, avoid planting anywhere that floods for more than two weeks in the spring.

      Flowering Time: Early

      Pollination Requirements: May require a pollinator of a different plum variety or seedling that blooms around the same time. Note that only European plums will pollinate other European plums and hybrid and Japanese plums will pollinate each other but not European plums.

      Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

      General Growth Habit: Very vigorous with an upright and spreading growth pattern, tends to bear fruit every other year but produces heavy crops when it does. Somewhat susceptible to black knot.

      Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

      Pick-up: We also have thousands of plants picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

      When Will My Order Be Ready?

      Most of our bareroot plants and tubers are only available for spring planting! Only bareroot apples and pears are available for fall planting.

      Spring orders are generally ready to be picked up or shipped out anywhere from late March to late May! We will be in touch in the spring once your order is ready to go. Orders placed in the spring might not be ready for 1-2 weeks as this is a very busy time of year for us.

      Plum seedlings are divided into the following grades:

      -1 year plant - 30-60cm

      There is some overlap in size since we are also taking the age of the plants into account. Some older plants may not have put on quite as much vegetative growth but will have larger root systems.

      All of these heights exclude the roots since seedlings and some berries will often have a lot of root growth but relatively little vegetative growth (ex. our Shagbark Hickories seedlings are often 5-15cm above the soil but will have roots that reach 20cm+ in length).

      Not all of our berries and seedlings will be available in all of these grades since growth rate can vary significantly across species and even varieties. While we remain competitive in our plant size, it's also worth noting we don't use synthetic chemicals to push vegetative growth, therefore you may find conventional nursery stock larger in some instances comparatively.

      Why plant small? It's best to transplant when a plant is young so it can establish its roots before it has a lot of vegetative growth. This is much less stressful on it and bareroot plants tend to catch up and even surpass larger potted ones planted at the same time, after a few years.

      Orders that are cancelled last minute due to size (being "too small"), will still incur the applicable cancellation fees if the plants are true to our grading standards as per the agreement of sale when the order was placed.

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