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Boulon des Moines

Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Station de Recherches at Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have green, firm, moderately juicy flesh with a little sweet, slightly astringent but not rich flavour.

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Picking time
Late August-Early September
Flowering
18th April (10%) · 22nd April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Clingstone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
29.50 g
Stalk length
11.26 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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