<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article reviews the history of plum cultivation and cultivars in Sweden with the aim to describe important heirloom cultivars and to explain how they are conserved in the Swedish National Gene Bank. Commercial plum production in Sweden started around 1890 and was initially in part based on small-fruited local cultivars grown on their own roots. Along with the development of a modern Swedish nursery industry and experimental research the use of grafted trees grew in importance. In the mid-1950s, the yearly plum production in Sweden was estimated to be approximately 2000 tonnes. Since the mid-1980s, production has declined and it is now only about 250 tonnes per year. The work to safeguard heirloom cultivars began with a national inventory in 2005 and since 2012, so-called mandate cultivars have been planted in the Swedish National Gene Bank at Alnarp. Today 45 plum cultivars are preserved with two trees in the gene bank at Alnarp and two trees in local clonal archives.</p></abstract>

This article reviews the history of plum cultivation and cultivars in Sweden with the aim to describe important heirloom cultivars and to explain how they are conserved in the Swedish National Gene Bank. Commercial plum production in Sweden started around 1890 and was initially in part based on small-fruited local cultivars grown on their own roots. Along with the development of a modern Swedish nursery industry and experimental research the use of grafted trees grew in importance. In the mid-1950s, the yearly plum production in Sweden was estimated to be approximately 2000 tonnes. Since the mid-1980s, production has declined and it is now only about 250 tonnes per year. The work to safeguard heirloom cultivars began with a national inventory in 2005 and since 2012, so-called mandate cultivars have been planted in the Swedish National Gene Bank at Alnarp. Today 45 plum cultivars are preserved with two trees in the gene bank at Alnarp and two trees in local clonal archives.

Plum Cultivars in Sweden: History and Conservation for Future Use

Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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This article reviews the history of plum cultivation and cultivars in Sweden with the aim to describe important heirloom cultivars and to explain how they are...

Plum Cultivars in Sweden: History and Conservation for Future Use

Published Online: Jun 03, 2019

Page range: 207 - 213

Received: Jan 28, 2019

Accepted: Mar 24, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2019-0033

Keywords
plum cultivation, heirloom cultivars, gene bank, genetic resources

© 2019 Inger Hjalmarsson, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Plum Cultivars in Sweden: History and Conservation for Future Use

Published Online: Jun 03, 2019

Page range: 207 - 213

Received: Jan 28, 2019

Accepted: Mar 24, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2019-0033

Keywordsplum cultivation, heirloom cultivars, gene bank, genetic resources

© 2019 Inger Hjalmarsson, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
plum cultivation, heirloom cultivars, gene bank, genetic resources