Burbank Plumcot

Plum

Size

Large - about the size of a large apricot

Shape

Round, apricot-like size and form

Flavor

Juicy, plum-like flesh with an aromatic apricot touch

Texture

Juicy

Ripening window

Early season (exact month not specified by available sources)

Best uses

Fresh eating

Pollination

Not self-fertile - needs another early-blooming Japanese plum or plum-hybrid nearby (e.g. Santa Rosa or Mariposa); an apricot alone typically won't pollinate it despite the apricot ancestry

Tree size

12-16 ft on Mariana semi-dwarf rootstock; bears in 1-3 years

Notes

True plumcot (first-generation plum x apricot cross, coined and bred by Luther Burbank in Santa Rosa, CA in the 1890s) - one of the original varieties that gave the "plumcot" category its name. Golden yellow skin blushed with rose/melon red. Described only as "low chill" with no specific hour figure published; zones 5-10. Important naming note: "Burbank" is also the name of a completely different, much more common Japanese plum ("Burbank Plum" - pure Prunus salicina, no apricot, ~400 chill hours) bred by the same Luther Burbank. Your source data listed this under a "Plumcot" grouping with 2 plants, which points to the true plumcot (the second plant may be its required pollinator) - but worth double-checking your original KML/photos if you want to be certain it isn't actually the plain Burbank Plum.