Stanley
the standard blue prune
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- -28°F
- Ripening
- Mid-season
- Vigor
- Moderate-Vigorous
- Disease tolerance
- Low
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Graft requirement
- Graft Required
- US availability
- Available
Considerations
Wood hardy to about -28°F.
Mid-season harvest.
Low overall resistance across the stonefruit pathogens.
Canopy susceptible to brown rot, the dominant stonefruit disease.
moderate-vigorous
Prefers a pH band of 6–7.
These are intrinsic to the stone fruit. On a real property, Folia scores each against your site; here they're shown on their own.
Grows alike
similar to growKenmore
shares its disease and spray profile · blooms in the same window
Green Gage
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Mount Royal
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French Petite
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Yellow Egg
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Mirabelle
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Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksGreen Gage
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Mount Royal
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
French Petite
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Yellow Egg
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Kenmore
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
Mirabelle
similar winter hardiness · similar chilling need
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