'Marvel' Plum Released from the
Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

(PL-198)

('Burbank' X 'Methley')

A large cling ripening about July 5. This round, conical plum has a medium dark red skin and solid red flesh is firm, sweet, and flavorful. It has better outside color than either 'Burbank' or 'Methley', having less gray scarf than those varieties. The tree is highly productive, carrying a crop which is uniform in size and color, and which does not drop readily.  Introduced 1947.