Black Bullace
Culinary · Plum · Prunus insititia L. · 1 accession
Known in England since the 1600s. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1957 from Colchester, Essex. Fruits are juicy, firm but sour. A useful fruit for cooking, bottling and jam.
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- Picking time
- Early-Mid October
- Flowering
- 16th April (10%) · 20th April (full) · 1st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- very small
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Round
- Stone
- Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Violet blue
- Fruit weight
- 7.98 g
- Stalk length
- 11.28 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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