Loquat, Japanese Plum. This is a seedling from the named variety Champagne. Medium to large white fleshed fruit. Fruits are excellent quality - melting and very juicy. Loquat is very hardy fruit tree, easy to grow, drought tolerant, fast growing. More about Loquat: - Article - Video - PDF download. Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes. (from Tropical Treasures Magazine).