OPTIMUM HARVEST MATURITY AND COLD STORAGE POTENTIAL OF SUN SUPREME(TM) PLUMS

The Sun Supreme^TM plum cultivar was bred by the South African Agricultural Research Council – Infruitec-Nietvoorbij and was released to the stone fruit industry in 2005. The skin as well as the flesh colour of the fruit is yellow. Within the current yellow skinned plum cultivar range, Sun Supreme ^TM ripens between African Pride^TM and Songold. It is normally harvested from the middle to the end of January in the Western Cape. An outstanding characteristic of the cultivar is the excellent fruit size, in the range of 55-65mm fruit diameter…