Blue Imperatrice
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
There is some confusion over the records of this variety but it is thought to have been known since the 1700s. Fruits have yellow, firm, sweet flesh when well ripened.
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- Picking time
- Mid September-Early October
- Flowering
- 21st April (10%) · 25th April (full) · 4th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 24.60 g
- Stalk length
- 13.03 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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