The HoneySweet plum is sweet and flavorful and highly resistant to the plum pox virus. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced its conditional registration of a plum pox virus resistance gene contained in a new plum variety called HoneySweet. Dr. Ralph Scorza, research horticulturist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s research station in Kearneysville, West Virginia, led a team of scientists who developed the plum-pox–resistant plum. He believes it has potential both as a source of resistant germ plasm in plum breeding and as a high-quality commercial variety for growers in areas that might be prone to plum pox […]