Altlander Saure Zwetsche
Culinary · Plum · Prunus insititia L. · 1 accession
Thought to be of German origin. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Obstbauversuchsanstalt Jork, Germany. It is self-fertile. Fruits have firm, not very juicy, green to golden flesh. Flavour is acid and a little sweet and intensely flavoured. A damson type but lacks the full damson flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 18th April (full) · 26th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Long
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 20.20 g
- Stalk length
- 18.56 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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