Czar

Use: Cooking/Dessert
Season: Early Season
Harvest: August
Origin: 1871, Hertfordshire
Pollination group: D, Self fertile
Description: Czar is a large dark black/purple early-season plum, with good astringency and useful for culinary purposes. It can also be eaten fresh if you leave it to get fully ripe. The blossom is a notable characteristic, being unusually large for a plum.