| Cultivar Name: |
GF 707
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| Type |
Plum/prune |
| Synonyms |
707 Prune; GF 2733; d'Ente GF 707
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| Patent |
Not Patented
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| Usage |
Scion
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| Products |
Culinary
Dried
Preserves
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| Chill Requirement |
500 chill hours required
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| Flesh Color |
Yellow
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| Ripening time |
Zero
weeks relative to
Santa Rosa
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| Self Compatible |
Yes - Self Compatible
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| Description |
In 1959, Professor C. Hansen at the University of California, Davis, imported five clones of the Prune d'Ente into California for testing. Included among them were GF 707, GF 698, and GF 626. Field trials beginning in 1960 and directed by David Chaney, who was then UC Cooperative Extension Farm Adviser in Sutter and Yuba Counties. GF 707 has consistently yielded crops as large as French and produced significantly larger fruit. It produces the largest fruit size of any of the numbered French clones and larger than any of the tested French clones selected from California orchards. The skin quality frequently is not as good as that of French. Soluble solids have averaged slightly lower and drying ratio slightly higher than French.
As a result of the 1959 importation and evaluation, a small acreage of GF 707 was planted in California. Soon after these early plantings began to bear, after dehydration and during processing, GF 707 developed a slight skin peel that caused a dull, grayish appearance, often referred to as "mousey" color. In addition, in some locations, GF 707 was less productive than the California French prune. By 1999, planting of GF 707 in California had declined to 47 acres.
GF 707 prune is large, very sweet fruit with violet-red skin and yellow flesh. Outstanding eaten fresh or dried, stewed or made into jams. |
| References |
- Prune Production Manual; Technical Editor, Richard P. Buchner; UC Davis, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 3507; Link
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No photos for this cultivar.
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