{"product_id":"bubblegum-toka-plum-tree","title":"Bubblegum Toka Plum Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe plum that actually tastes like bubblegum — sweet, spicy, and so productive one tree can feed the whole street.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Toka is a Japanese-American hybrid plum (\u003cem\u003ePrunus salicina\u003c\/em\u003e 'Toka'), often called the \"Bubblegum Plum\" for the unmistakable candy-sweet, faintly spicy flavor of its firm reddish-bronze fruit. Bred for the upper Midwest, it pairs that distinctive taste with cold-hardiness most plums can't match, and it doubles as a generous pollen source for nearby Japanese and American plums. Eat it fresh off the branch, or turn the rich flesh into jam, sauce, and dried fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy growers choose the Toka\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne-of-a-kind flavor.\u003c\/strong\u003e The aromatic, spicy-sweet \"bubblegum\" taste sets it apart from any standard market plum.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenuinely cold-hardy.\u003c\/strong\u003e Thriving in zones 3 through 8, it shrugs off winters that kill most Japanese plums.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA pollination powerhouse.\u003c\/strong\u003e Toka is one of the best pollen donors available, helping set heavier crops on other plums planted nearby.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReliably heavy bearer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mature trees load up with fruit, ripening in midsummer for fresh eating and preserving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePretty in bloom.\u003c\/strong\u003e Clouds of fragrant white spring blossoms make it an ornamental as well as a producer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a mature 15 to 20 feet tall and wide, Toka makes a substantial in-ground orchard or backyard tree — a single specimen that delivers shade, spring bloom, and bushels of fruit, while quietly improving the harvest of every plum around it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Live Good Logistics","offers":[{"title":"3-4 ft.","offer_id":46111768608904,"sku":"EBD-PEA-TOK-34-5G","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"6-7 ft.","offer_id":46111768641672,"sku":"EBD-PEA-TOK-67-5G","price":149.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"4-5 ft.","offer_id":46111768674440,"sku":"EBD-PEA-TOK-45-5G","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4648\/6408\/files\/TokaPlumTree.jpg?v=1781490395","url":"https:\/\/www.natesgardensupply.com\/products\/bubblegum-toka-plum-tree","provider":"Nate's Garden Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}