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Kappa Cherry Plum (Prunus besseyi x Prunus salicina 'Kappa')

Kappa Cherry Plum (Prunus besseyi x Prunus salicina 'Kappa')

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Kappa cherry plum is a Canadian introduction, it's compact cherry plum with dark bluish black skin and yellow green flesh. Early bearing and heavy crops. Sweet fruity flavour with mild tart skin, good fresh and for jam or canning. Ripens late August on the Prairies. Needs a compatible chum or Japanese plum for pollination. Released by Cecil Patterson at the University of Saskatchewan in 1960.

Hardiness: Zone 2–3.

Here's a comparison of the cherry plum cultivars we're growing.

Name Year Introduced Breeding Parentage Breeder / Institution Flesh Color Skin Color Size Flavor / Use
Compass 1896 Sand cherry (Prunus besseyi) × “Minor” (Miner) plum (Prunus hortulana group) H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota Yellowish Dark purple-red ~2.5 cm (small) Excellent for jelly; good for canning
Sapa 1908 Sand cherry (P. besseyi) × ‘Sultan’ (Japanese plum, P. salicina) South Dakota Experiment Station, Brookings, SD Dark purple Purple with bluish bloom ~2.5 cm (small) Excellent for canning and jam
Opata 1908 Sand cherry (P. besseyi) × ‘Gold’ (Japanese plum, P. salicina) South Dakota Experiment Station, Brookings, SD Yellowish-green Greenish, overlaid reddish-purple 2.5–3 cm (small) Good for preserves
Kappa 1960 Sand cherry (P. besseyi) × Japanese plum (P. salicina) University of Saskatchewan (Cecil Patterson) Yellow-green Dark, bluish-black at maturity Small (≈ cherry-plum size) Sweet, fruity “cherry-plum” flavor
Sapalta 1941 ‘Sapa’ × open-pollinated (pollen parent unknown) Canadian selection (Brooks, Alberta) Dark purple Reddish-purple Small to medium Sweet-tart; excellent for canning/jam
Dura 1942 ‘Sapa’ seedling Morden Experimental Station, Manitoba Red Dull green blotched with purple ~3.5 cm (medium-small) Excellent for canning
Manor 1945 ‘Sapa’ seedling Morden Experimental Station, Manitoba Dark red Dark purple-red 2.5–3 cm (small) Excellent for canning


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