PlantFiles Pictures: Eriobotrya, Japanese Plum, Loquat 'Champagne' (Eriobotrya japonica), 1 by Strever

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Eriobotrya, Japanese Plum, Loquat 'Champagne'Eriobotrya japonica

Eriobotrya japonica
'Champagne' (Japanese), often misidentified as 'Early Red'. Selected and introduced into cultivation in California by C. P. Taft around 1908. Elongated pear-shaped, often oblique; small to large (depending on where it is grown); skin pale-golden to deep-yellow, thick, tough, astringent; flesh white or yellow, soft, juicy, mild and subacid to sweet; of excellent flavor. There are 3 to 5 seeds. Midseason to late. Prolific; fruits borne in large clusters. Perishable; good for preserving. Tree has long, narrow, pointed leaves; is self -infertile.