Burnet
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
This plum is of Scottish origin. Recorded in 1831. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from Auchincruive. Fruits have greenish yellow, medium firm, very juicy flesh with a subacid, little sweet, little rich flavour.
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
- Picking time
- Mid September-Early October
- Flowering
- 13th April (10%) · 18th April (full) · 30th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 11.10 g
- Stalk length
- 16.39 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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