Plum
Needs a pollinator
Shiro
शिरो
About Shiro
Considered best of all yellow plums. Heavy bearer with luminous yellow skin, slight pink blush. Flesh yellow, firm. Heat tolerant, clingstone. Sweet, high TSS. Excellent fruit set and retention. Maximum yield in Kullu trials. Ripens late July.
Where it grows well
Altitude3,000 – 6,000 ft
Chilling needed350 hours
Ideal temperature-2 – 34 °C
Rain toleranceMedium
Season
FloweringMid season
HarvestMid season
Harvest windowJune – July
Bloom to harvest110 days
The fruit
ShapeRound
Average weight90 g
Skin colourYellow with slight pink blush
Flesh colourYellow, firm
StorageGood · 2 months
Market demandMedium
Taste
Sweet, high TSS, excellent fruit set and retention, maximum yield in Kullu trials
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