Belgian Purple
Culinary & Jamming · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in Belgium in about 1850. It was introduced to England by Rivers' nurseries, Sawbridgeworth. Fruits have greenish, firm flesh which is very juicy and rather sweet.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 18th April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary & Jamming
- Shape
- Oval/Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 37.50 g
- Stalk length
- 18.24 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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