What is Satluj Purple and it belongs to which cultivar?

Satluj Purple

Satluj Purple is the cultivar of plum. It is a self-unfruitful cultivar and requires Kala Amritsari as pollinizer. Kala Amritsari plum should be planted as alternate plant in alternate rows for achieving good fruit set. Tree is medium in vigour with upright habit of growth. The fruit is of medium in size weighing 25-30 g. The epicarp develop crimson colour on ripening.

The epicarp is thick and mesocarp yellow coloured firm flesh. The TSS of Juice ranges between 12-14 percent and acidity 0.5 to 0.7 percent. The fruits are usually eaten fresh. It is an early ripening low yielding cultivar. It ripens in early May and yield 35-40 Kg of fruit per tree.