Blue Tit
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised at Bedford by Laxton Bros. and introduced by them in 1938. Self-fertile. Fruits have fairly firm, juicy flesh with a moderately rich and pleasant flavour. A culinary plum of almost dessert quality.
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- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 8th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Semi-freestone/Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 30.70 g
- Stalk length
- 12.42 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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