Blaisdon Red
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
It is said to have arisen from a seedling rootstock. Discovered by Mr Dowding, Blaisdon, Gloucestershire. First recorded in 1892. Fruits have green, hard, acid flesh which cooks well.
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- Picking time
- Late August-Early September
- Flowering
- 17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 28.60 g
- Stalk length
- 14.85 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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