Varieties

1. a) European cultivars: Green cage, Early transparent cage, Stanley and Ruth Gestener.
2. b) Japanese cultivars: Methley, Mariposa, Kelsey, Santa Rosa, Satsuma, Formusa.

Propagation and rootstock

a) Propagation

• Cleft grafting
• Tongue grafting: February
• Shield budding: April- May
• Chip budding: February
• Some plum varieties are propagated by hard wood cutting (100 ppm IBA)

b) Root stock

• Seedling root stocks: seedlings of peach, plum, wild apricot are used for root stock purpose
• For heavy soil root stock of apricot and plum is suitable
• Kabul green cage root stock is suitable for planting in heavy and wet soils
• Myrobalan B Plum (Prunus cerasifera) is widely used for root stock purpose which is compatible with Japanese plum cultivars

Planting

• One year old grafted plum is transplanted in main field during dormant season
• European plums: 2 years old are ready for transplanting
• Planting distance:5-6m