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Released by the USDA in 1998, Bluebyrd is an excellent European-type plum for the commercial orchard and home garden use. The fruit is blue with amber flesh, medium to large in size with excellent flavor and high sugar content. The tree is vigorous and productive and has shown great resistance to black knot. Bluebyrd blooms before Stanley and requires cross pollination.

In Europe, this self-fertile variety is considered to be the ideal dessert plum. The fruit is yellow-green with red mottling and has a very rich flavor. The trees are moderately vigorous and tend to be biennial.

A USDA release ripening five to seven days after Santa Rosa. Fruit is similar to Santa Rosa, a dark red-purple plum with red flesh. Queen Rosa has been more productive than Santa Rosa under eastern conditions.