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An 'orchard grade' is a tree that may be somewhat shorter, slightly crooked, or a bit scratched, or for some other reason is not a perfect front lawn specimen. These trees will work just as well in an orchard as a first or number one would, since they still produce the very same fruit.
Gracious is a rather rare, hardy hybrid from North Dakota. From the numerous hybrid plum varieties in our test orchard, we've selected several of the best ones for fresh eating to propagate. This is definitely one of the best. Large, attractive, mottled red fruit average about 4 cm (1 5/8") in diameter. While most American Hybrid plums have a somewhat astringent skin, we detected very little in the thin, tender skin of Gracious. Sweet, juicy, yellow-orange flesh makes pleasurable fresh eating while also working well for canning, preserving or processing. The vigorous, later-blooming tree seems to pollenize well with Superior.
NEEDS A POLLENIZER | ZONE 3 | HARVEST: LATE AUG.