Belsiana
Culinary · Plum · Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. · 1 accession
Possibly Prunus cerasifera. Originally selected from the wild by the Arabs in Algeria and introduced into France by Luizet in 1887. Fruits have pale golden, medium soft flesh which is extremely juicy. Flavour is rather watery.
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- Picking time
- Late July-Early August
- Flowering
- 24th March (10%) · 30th March (full) · 9th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Round
- Stone
- Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Whitish/Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 32.60 g
- Stalk length
- 13.65 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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