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Chum : KAPPA Semi-Dwarf (Sapalta Seedling) (Orchard Grade)

$44.95

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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.

Kappa is one of a number of Chum varieties developed by Cecil Patterson at the University of Saskatchewan and released in 1960. Dark, bluish-black fruit with sweet, dark red flesh is great for fresh eating as very little astringency is noticeable from the skin. Vigorous, upright growing, small bushy tree.

NEEDS A POLLENIZER | ZONE 3 | HARVEST: EARLY AUG.

Chum Product Overview

Chums

These tough, resilient, shrubby trees derive much of their hardiness from the sandcherry (Prunus pumila var. besseyi) side of the family. Crossing sandcherry with native wild plums (Prunus americana) and in some cases with Japanese plums (Prunus salicina) beefed up the fruit with sweet flesh. The result was a fairly wide range of varieties known as cherry-plums or simply chums. Chums are very disease resistant, drought tolerant and precocious (start bearing at an early age). They make a fine ornamental too, especially in spring with arching branches covered in blossoms. While all chum fruits have astringent skin, we have selected varieties where the least of this trait comes through.
1.25-2m (4-6') bareroot trees