Tree is moderately vigorous. Biennial bearing tendency when unthinned. Matures with Green Gage. A mid-season plum, prolific, but tends to be a biennial bearer. Fruit is large, greenish-yellow, overlaid with red.
Flesh is yellow and juicy.
Not considered a good pollinizer. Any of the other Japanese plums listed will pollinate Formosa. Fruit is yellow-fleshed, firm, and sweet. This variety tends to be a shy bearer and should have a pollinizer. The fruit is blue, slightly ovate and similar in appearance to Stanley, ripening about three weeks ahead of Stanley.