Japanese plumvariety

Honey Rosa

Also known as ハニーローザ +1

ハニーローザ · スモモ筑波1号

Honey Rosa was selected from open-pollinated White Plum seed collected in 1972. The seedling first fruited in 1977 and entered adaptation trials in 1983. Its small fruit has pale pink skin and pale yellow, smooth, juicy flesh; it was registered in August 1996.

Taste & texture

Firmness
soft
Juiciness
juicy
Flavour
sweet with relatively little acidity

How to spot it

Skin
pale pink
Flesh
pale yellow

Origin & family

Where Honey Rosa began

Recorded origin

Japan

Institution
Fruit Tree Research Institute / Fruit Tree Experiment Station (NARO predecessor institutions)

Honey Rosa’s family

2 varieties · 1 recorded linkArrows follow parents → children

React Flow
100%
This variety

Honey Rosa

Japan

Photo: Takaaki Lilongwe · CC BY-SA 4.0

ホワイトプラム → Honey RosaSeed parent · Recorded

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Field notes

Original source notes
variety observations
traits
taste
sweet with relatively little acidity
skin colour
pale pink
flesh colour
pale yellow
flesh texture
soft, smooth and juicy
observation scope
official cultivar description not universal composition or consumer tasting
Sources 3

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