India: New sweeter variety of plum
The new variety named 'Allu-bukhara Amritsari' is developed after research and laboratory experiments at College's campus for the last three years.
The new variety has high nutritious contents, less sourness due to higher 1:14 ratio of sourness-sweetness. The sweetness was further two degree higher in the fruit at the ripening stage and it stands at 16 degree in Total Soluble Solids (TSS).
The variety also has free-stone character and the seed does not cling to the fruits and sweetness is uniform and the fruit was not sour at seed level unlike the traditional varieties , informed principal of college Dr. Daljit Singh while talking to media persons here on Tuesday.
He informed that Dr. JS Bal and his team has developed the new variety of Plum. The institution was in the process to submit the details of fruit to Director, Horticulture, Punjab for taking it to farmers at large scale in the state. Dr. Bal said that the new variety would change the fate of horticulture in the state. The traditional varieties of the plums, locally known as Allu-bukhara, are not very popular amongst the people because it is sour in taste.
The new variety is not only sweeter, it is bigger in size, have more juice contents and is stone free'', said Dr Bal.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com