Author(s):

Insha Majid, Aroosa Khalil, Fouzea Nisar, Shaila Din, Nowsheen Nazir, Shabnam Ahad and Sumaya Mumtaz

Abstract: The studies on the morphological and pomological evaluation of some plum cultivars were conducted in Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Srinagar, Kashmir during the year 2016-17. The present study consisted of six plum cultivars viz. Burbank, Stanley, Friar, Wickson, Santa Rosa and Satsuma of uniform age replicated thrice in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). In the experimental year, leaf length, leaf breadth, leaf area, tree height, tree girth, tree volume, fruit weight, fruit length, fruit firmness, yield, stone weight, pulp weight of fruit, TSS and acidity were determined. The data recorded revealed that the plum cultivar Santa Rosa was found to have maximum leaf length (12.00 cm), leaf breadth (5.63 cm) and leaf area (64.73 cm²), whereas cultivar Stanley recorded minimum leaf length (6.80 cm) and leaf area (19.69 cm²). However, cultivar ‘Burbank’ recorded minimum leaf breadth of 3.90 cm, respectively. Tree height was registered maximum in the cultivar ‘Wickson’ (2.05 m) and minimum (1.88 m) in ‘Burbank’. Tree girth was recorded highest in cultivar ‘Santa Rosa’ (20.40 cm) whileas lowest in the cultivar ‘Friar’ (8.47 cm). Maximum tree volume was recorded in the cultivar ‘Satsuma’ (4.24 m³) and minimum tree volume (0.22 m³) was observed in ‘Friar’. The fruit weight was maximum in cultivar ‘Friar’ (50.47 g) and minimum in the cultivar Satsuma (38.81 g). Maximum fruit length (4.85 cm), yield (11.55 kg/tree) fruit firmness (2.59 kg/cm²) and stone weight (2.04 g). The study concluded on the note that cultivar Stanley proved to be promising with respect to pomological traits like better yield, good fruit size and firmness.

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