Plum Cultivar 'Castleton'
- Detailed Technology Description
- 'Castleton' produces a high quality, dark purple fruit capable of achieving sufficient color for commercial fresh markets by mid-August.
- *Abstract
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'Castleton' produces a high quality, dark purple fruit capable of achieving sufficient color for commercial fresh markets by mid-August. The tree habit has fewer lateral and secondary lateral branches than other competing commercial cultivars which facilitates easy harvesting. 'Castleton''s fruit quality and pit conformation traits coupled with consistent, high yield potential, make it favorable for commercial processing uses.
Selected Current Licensees
- Adams County Nursery
- Boyer Nurseries & Orchards, Inc.
- C&O Nursery
- Cummins Nursery
- Flemings Nurseries & Associates Pty Ltd
- Hilltop Fruit Trees, LLC
- Stark Brothers Nursery
US Plant Patent: PP09,638
Contact: Jessica Lyga, jml73@cornell.edu, 607.255.0270
- Country/Region
- USA

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