Vanier is a popular sweet red Japanese plum which can be harvested over a long period.
USDA identification images for Vanier
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Vanier tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Prunus salicina - Japanese plum
Identification
- Country of origin: Canada
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
- Fruit size: Average
- Fruit shape: Round
Using
- Cling-stone: Clingstone
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Ripens over a period
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Dual purpose
- Picking month: September
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 1
- Pollinating others: Good
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Organic culture: Suitable
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Site conditions: Sheltered site
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Do not prune
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Flowering season: Mid-season
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 5 (-29C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Hot (>30C / 86F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Vanier plum trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
Vanier plum trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.