Blue Prolific
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised by Rivers nurseries at Sawbridgeworth, Herts. It first fruited in about 1865 and introduced in 1875. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1905. Fruits have medium to firm, very juicy flesh which is subacid to a little sweet to taste.
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- Picking time
- Late August-Early September
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Dark blue
- Fruit weight
- 17.40 g
- Stalk length
- 12.80 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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