Black Prince
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised at Bedford in 1905 by Laxton Bros., and sent by them to Wisley in 1929. Fruits are juicy and very acid and cook well.
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- Picking time
- Early-Mid August
- Flowering
- 11th April (10%) · 16th April (full) · 30th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Dark blue
- Fruit weight
- 24.10 g
- Stalk length
- 17.36 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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