The skin on Superior is so bad even the SWD don't like it!!!!

Glad you like the fruit. And I hope to hear about more things the SWD don't attack. This thing has me flinching before it arrives.

One problem I'm seeing with Superior, and i don't remember this in the past, is that its falling to the ground when they are ripe. Very sweet this year because we haven't had any rain in the past month+... No cracking or brown rot on the Superior yet.

Geo Pride are ripe Fruitnut... Pretty good, but no better then a Flavor Supreme in my opinion. Flavor King better blow me away. Dapple Dandy look great.

Windfall, that is great. Today I ate my first Italian prune/plum that was oh so sweet! There are no SWD around it either for which I am so grateful! Since our August has been so chilly compared to last summer, I was wondering when the rest of my plums will ripen. The skin on my Italian plum is very tangy. Mrs. G

My Superiors have been dropping a lot. The birds have been terrible--they seem to know which are the ripest. Have netted and have caught one sparrow who subsequently escaped. About the skin: read that Superiors are easy to peel and found that to be true. So I have peeled the last bunch harvested and mixed them with the few apples ripe at the same time for plum-applesauce. I find the skin of Superior to be too astringent, but it might be better if we could ripen them more. So far, this is my favorite use of Superior. I have dehydrated them in other years, and this works well.

I find ripe Shiros are easy to peel, as well. But I prefer other plums without the skin problem.