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Plum possibility
New Australian varieties to be marketed in US
The GW1 plum, aka Vitaplum, is one of three new plum varieties to be marketed to North American fruit growers. Photos: Australian Nurserymen's Fruit Improvement Co.
By Stephen Kloosterman
Associate Editor
A triplet of Australia-bred,
Japanese-type plum varieties will
be marketed to U.S. growers as an
opportunity for growth.
Sweetah, Queen Garnet and
Vitaplum have been selected
by the Associated International
Group of Nurseries (AIGN) to be
shared with its members for global
commercialization, the company
recently announced. AIGN has
contracted with the varieties three
separate owners to provide global
management and marketing services.
Packaged together, the varieties offer
growers the possibility of harvesting
three new varieties in succession, with
4-6 weeks between maturity times,
said Gavin Porter, CEO of AIGN and
the Australian Nurserymen's Fruit
Improvement Co. Ltd.
" While we have seen the release of
new plum varieties over many years
and the introduction of brands to try
and differentiate these new plums in
the market, the challenge has always
been breeding enough plum varieties
with different maturity dates and
very similar fruit quality and fruit
characteristics to meet these brand
expectations, " Porter said. " A single
plum variety in a single fruit growing
area will harvest over a one- to twoweek
period, so to meet the length of
the plum growing season, you need
at least five to six varieties. This is a
challenge for any breeding program. "
Multiple new plum varieties, with
complementary harvest timing, superior
storage ability and (in Vitaplum and
Queen Garnet) almost identical fruit
quality characteristics grown in a range
of early to late growing areas could create
renewed interest in plums, Porter said.
The U.S. crop has seen little growth
in recent years. While the category's
total value of utilized production went
up about $1 million from 2017, almost
reaching $116 million in 2019 due to
a price increase, total U.S. production
decreased 16 million tons. The average
yield per acre dropped to 6.77 tons per
acre from 7.86, according to statistics
from the USDA's National Agricultural
Statistics Service.
Sweetah, Queen Garnet and Vitaplum
would be released through " coordinated
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