Cultivar 355: Hoffman

Hoffman is a prairie plum introduction from the University of Saskatchewan. It was described as a native x Prunus salicina seedling from mixed open pollinations and introduced in 1960. It appears to have been selected for edible fruit quality under prairie conditions, not only as an ornamental type. It was also recorded under the introduction number P55-39, with the related reference code P1-55. [S2]

Sources describe the fruit as medium sized, up to about 1 1/4 inches across under non irrigated field conditions at Saskatoon. The skin is yellow or blushed yellow. The flesh is firm and of good quality. [S1] [S2]

Sources place the season in late or early September. The Saskatchewan introduction list gives early September, while the later prairie index records Hoffman as late. The fruit was listed for fresh use. [S1] [S2]

The strongest geographic context is Saskatoon and the University of Saskatchewan breeding program. This places Hoffman within the prairie effort to develop usable plums from native and Japanese plum background. The recorded parentage gives that direct hybrid background, but the available sources here do not add a breeder name, tree habit, disease notes, or wider descendant history. [S2]

Summary source basis

• S1: An index of fruit cultivars tested or developed on the Canadian prairies.
• S2: University of Saskatchewan fruit introductions 1959-1960

This summary currently draws chiefly from University of Saskatchewan fruit introductions 1959-1960, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.

Featured source descriptions

“Fruit diameter 3.0; maturity late.”
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Direct parent cultivars

• No direct linked parent cultivars promoted yet.

Parentage claim text

• Parentage listed as Native x P. salicina; mixed open pollinations.

Derived or downstream cultivar links

• No derived or downstream lineage links yet.

Source-story quotations

• P55-39 (P1-55) Hoffman Native x P. salicina Mixed open pollinations 1960 Fruit up to 1 1/4" each way ... blushed yellow, flesh firm and of good quality, season early September.University of Saskatchewan fruit introductions 1959-1960, p8
• P55-39 (P1-55) Hoffman Native x P. salicina Mixed open pollinations 1960 Fruit up to 1 1/4" each way ... blushed yellow, flesh firm and of good quality, season early September.University of Saskatchewan fruit introductions 1959-1960, p8
• P55-39 (P1-55) Hoffman Native x P. salicina Mixed open pollinations 1960 Fruit up to 1 1/4" each way ... blushed yellow, flesh firm and of good quality, season early September.University of Saskatchewan fruit introductions 1959-1960, p8
• P55-39 (P1-55) Hoffman Native x P. salicina Mixed open pollinations 1960 Fruit up to 1 1/4" each way ... blushed yellow, flesh firm and of good quality, season early September.University of Saskatchewan fruit introductions 1959-1960, p8

Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.

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