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Autumn Compote

Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Raised at Rivers' nurseries, Sawbridgeworth and introduced in about 1840. Fruits have firm, sweet and juicy flesh which is of cooking quality only.

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Picking time
Early-Mid September
Flowering
16th April (10%) · 20th April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
55.40 g
Stalk length
14.47 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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