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Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 3 accessions

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1927 from Chivers & Son, Histon, Cambridgeshire. The fruits are very juicy with a sweet, rich flavour. A high quality plum, excellent for dessert, cooking, preserving, bottling and canning.

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Accession 1974-412 · Cambridge Gage (EMLA)

Picking time
Mid-Late August
Flowering
13th April (10%) · 17th April (full) · 27th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Round
Stone
Freestone
Skin colour
Green
Fruit weight
28.60 g
Stalk length
13.37 mm

Accession 1976-031 · Cambridge Gage (Firkins)

Picking time
Mid-Late August
Flowering
19th April (10%) · 23rd April (full) · 4th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Round
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Green
Fruit weight
27.00 g
Stalk length
12.77 mm

Accession 1978-273 · Cambridge Gage (Palmer)

Picking time
Mid-Late August
Flowering
12th April (10%) · 14th April (full) · 25th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Round/Oval
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Yellow-green
Fruit weight
23.50 g
Stalk length
13.20 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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