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Avon Cross

Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Raised at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol in 1920 by G.T. Spinks and introduced in 1931. Self-fertile. Fruits are very juicy and sweet with a gage like flavour.

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Picking time
Mid-Late September
Flowering
17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert & Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Freestone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
60.80 g
Stalk length
14.14 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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