Emerald Beaut Asian Plum

Received this tree and the roots were moldy when I unboxed it! Contacted customer service via email about the issue; received an automated response stating I would be contacted in 2-3 business days. It's been 8 days and still no response. It's very disappointing to receive a tree of this quality and it's even more irritating when the company is non-responsive about remedying the issue.

Well it’s alive, but it is definitely not the best bare root tree I’ve seen or purchased. It has no branches at all , and limited root system . It’s been in the ground about a week and has not budded at all. It’s alive and has green when given the scratch test, but in my opinion it was over pruned and not in great shape. I hope it works out. Time will tell. I bit disappointed this far. I am not new to bare root trees, and have planted a lot of them with success from other nurseries. Also it was very dry and didnt seem to have been packed in the best way to keep the roots moist during shipping.

And even has some flowers on it right now. I'm trying not to be too excited about this plant producing loads of fruit, but right now it's a five star.

It showed up dormant still in May but it budded out pretty quickly once I got it planted and hooked up to water.

Ordered from raintree many times in the past before ownership change. This most recent order took roughly three weeks to ship from the order date which was not due to weather just being busy I was told. I'm sorry but something is wrong with your systems if it's literally taking that long to ship from order date and it's not due to weather conditions. Hate to say it but unless it's something I can't find anywhere else, I'll most likely from someone else in the future.

I first tried this variety at the Korean consulate to WA states house. Largish Green skin plum with yellow background- very crispy and sweet! I planted one in 2011 and in all this time I have only picked maybe 12 plums off it. I grafted a branch from my beauty but its bloom peaks about 10 days before emerald beaut blooms. I planted a superior close by about 3 years ago and it looks like its going to bloom at the same time so... we will see.
OK so the plums I have gotten from my tree are bigger than a golf ball for sure and are at least as big a a shiro gets or a stanley, the shape is more round than a stanley. They eventually get solid yellow with a little red blush and the texture changes from crisp to almost mango like, in fact when at peak ripeness the flesh has a similar color, flavor and texture to a mango- similar, not the same. They are really good! I am hoping I have the timing down now and would love to have a tree full of emerald beauts! My tree has grown quite uprite so I should have put spreaders in from the get go.
PS in the 30+ years I have bought trees from raintree (maybe over 30 trees) I had a problem with having the wrong variety send and maybe one that was damaged during shipping and they promptly took care of it-0thanks!

My bare root emerald beaut tree came nicely packaged and looks healthy. I will say, however, that I bought an emerald beaut tree about 5 years ago and was disappointed to find out years later when the tree started to produce fruit that I was given a mislabeled tree that was NOT an emerald beaut. I complained but this was unfortunately never resolved, so I just had to buy another one. Hopefully this time I was given the right tree.