![]() ![]() Opal plum trees are easy to grow but the fruit flavor depends almost entirely on whether the fruit sugars have time to develop over its short growing period. Plums last about three days after picking. If you start growing Opal plums, you’ll find that the fruit is excellent eaten fresh. These plums mature over a few weeks, rather than all at the same time, so expect to harvest more than once. Plum ‘Opal’ is a medium-sized fruit with mottled skin and golden or yellow flesh. Those growing Opal plums say the trees must have full sun in summer to produce the famed, rich flavor. Opal plum tree flowers flower in spring and harvest starts in summer. ![]() Gage plums are extremely juicy, sweet, and delicious and the plum ‘Opal’ inherited this exceptional dessert quality. The trees that grow Opal are a cross between two subspecies of European plums, one of them a gage plum. Read on for information and tips on Opal plum care. ![]() If you are growing Opal plums or want to plant Opal plum trees, you’ll need to know more about this fruit tree. This cross between the delectable gage variety ‘Oullins’ and the cultivar ‘Early Favorite’ is considered by many to be the best early plum variety. Some call plum ‘Opal’ the most delectable of all fruit. ![]()
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