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Fortune plums

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Fortune plums

The Fortune plum was bred in the United States and released in New Zealand in the mid-1980s. Fruit are large and juicy, and both the skin and flesh redden when ripe. The Fortune plum is tolerant to bacterial disease and keeps well.

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Marie Dawkins, Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry – History, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20349/fortune-plums (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Marie Dawkins, published 1 March 2009.