Abstract: A plum tree generally similar to the Red Beaut Plum Tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,539) which it most nearly resembles, bearing reddish skinned, yellow-fleshed clingstone fruit which ripens from five to seven days earlier than and is larger, more highly colored, and of superior texture and flavor to that of the Red Beaut.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of plum tree denominated varietally as "Royal Star" and which is characterized as to novelty by its large ovate shape with a blue color, a pink to red flesh color, a tight cling type stone and above average fruit quality ripening in the last week of August to the first week of September under the ecological conditions prevailing in Kingsburg in the San Joaquin Valley of California.