Sweet Treat Pluerry Els PW 11101 Early thinning of fruit when

Early thinning of fruit when tree is young will help avoid biennial bearing patterns

Mespilus germanica 'Macrocarpa'

and one of the hardiest of the red cultivars

USDA Zone: 9-11Grow Height: Indeterminate vineSun: Half Sun - Full SunRipening Time: Summer - FallPollination: Self Fertile

Can lapse into biennial bearing if not thinned aggressively as a young tree

Sweet Treat Pluerry Els PW 11101 Early thinning of fruit whenPrunus x 'Sweet Treat' This Sweet Treat was the first of the interspecific crosses created by the prolific modern breeder Fred Zaiger to carry the name pluerry (plum sweet cherry cross, with bits other prunus family members like apricot and peach). It looks like a rounded, red Asian plum, and the flavor is mostly plum as well, but the cherry brings lots more sweetness and complexity. Clingstone, with lovely amber flesh and a surprisingly small pit.