PLUM

Descriptors
Category: CHEMICAL
  1. BRIX (BRIX) Soluble solids in random sample of fruit juice.
Category: COMMENT
  1. Flavor Notes (FLVRNOTES) Notes on impression of fruit flavor
Category: FLWR-FRUIT
  1. Red Over Color (blush) (BLUSHCOLOR) Overcolor of the skin of fully mature fruit.
  2. Flesh Color (FLESHCOLOR) Predominant color of flesh at ripe.
  3. Size of Flowers (FLOWERSIZE) Typical size of floral blossoms.
  4. Fruit Attractiveness (FRUITATTR) This is a subjective factor, varying between regions and between experts.
  5. Fruit Length (FRUITLNGTH) Length of fruit measured in mm.
  6. Fruit Shape (FRUITSHAPE) Typical shape of ripe fruit from frontal view
  7. Fruit Size (FRUITSIZE) Relative size of fruit
  8. Fruit Width (FRUITWIDTH) Width of fruit measured in mm.
  9. Ground Color (GRNDCOLOR) Ground color of the skin of fully mature fruit.
  10. Percent Blush (PERCBLUSH) Portion of fruit surface affected by pigmented blush.
  11. Color of Flower Petals (PETALCOLOR) Typical color of fully expanded flower blossom.
  12. Showiness of Flowers (SHOWINESS) Appearance of flowers, comparing size of petals to that of stamen, and decorativeness of corona
  13. Skin Bloom (SKINBLOOM) Presence or predominance of bloom (pruoise) layer on skin of ripe fruit
  14. Skin Color (SKINCOLOR) Dominant color of fully ripe skin (particularly when blush is not present)
  15. Stone Adherence (STONEADHER) Stone adherence to flesh of fully ripe fruit.
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. Flowers per Bud (FLWRBUD) Observed number of flowers emerging from single bud
  2. Leaf Characteristics (LEAFCHAR) Observed unique characteristics of leaves
  3. Leaf Color (LEAFCOLOR) Predominant leaf color
  4. Leaf Size (LEAFSIZE) Comparative size of leaves
  5. Sepal Color (SEPALCOLOR) Predominant color of mature sepals
  6. Thorns (THORNS) Prepencity of branches towards thorniness.
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. Date of First Flower (FIRSTFLWR) Date of full opening of first flower
  2. Leaf Emergence (LEAFEMERGE) Comparative timing of leaf emergence and bloom
  3. Date of Ripeness (RIPEDATE) Date first fruit ripens
Category: PRODUCTION
  1. Cropping Efficiency (CROPPING) The yield per unit area of land relative to other cultivar on the same rootstock, under the same management system and at the same site.
  2. Tree Habit (of branches) (TREEHABIT) Natural habit of untrained, non-juvenile tree.
Category: QUALITY
  1. Eat Quality (EATQUALITY) Combined assessment of flavor, acidity, sweetness, aroma and astringency at optimum eating time.
  2. Firmness of flesh (FIRMNESS) Firmness of flesh.
  3. Texture of Flesh (FLESHTEXT) The texture of the flesh of the fruit when ripe.