Blackbird
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised by Laxton Bros., at Bedford and sent by them to Wisley in 1915. Awarded the Award of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1911. Self-fertile. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with a subacid but poor flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 11th April (10%) · 15th April (full) · 26th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium/medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Violet blue
- Fruit weight
- 28.00 g
- Stalk length
- 14.25 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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